St George's Church, Heaviley

St George's Church, Heaviley
St George's Church, Heaviley, from the east
St George's Church, Heaviley Location in Greater Manchester
53°23′50″N 2°09′06″W / 53.3972°N 2.1518°W / 53.3972; -2.1518
OS grid reference	SJ 900,889
Location	Buxton Road, Heaviley, Stockport, Greater Manchester
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St George, Stockport
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Saint George
Consecrated	25 February 1897
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	10 March 1975
Architect(s)	Hubert Austin
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1893
Completed	1897
Specifications
Capacity	1,401
Length	180 feet (55 m)
Width	75 feet (23 m)
Spire height	236 feet (72 m)
Materials	Runcorn sandstone
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Chester
Archdeaconry	Macclesfield
Deanery	Stockport
Parish	Stockport, Saint George
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Canon Elaine Chegwin Hall
Curate(s)	Revd Dr Janine Arnott
Laity
Reader(s)	Peter Hall
Director of music	James Hibbert
Churchwarden(s)	Andrew Regan, Hazel Jenkins

St George's Church is in Buxton Road, Heaviley, an area of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Stockport, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.^[1] Its benefice is united with that of St Gabriel, Adswood.^[2] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.^[3] The authors of the Buildings of England series express the opinion that it is "by far the grandest church of Stockport", and state "St George is a church on a splendid scale".^[4] According to the visitors' guide to the church, the Rt Revd Geoffrey Fisher, former archbishop of Canterbury, said that it is "the finest church built in England since the Reformation".^[5]