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OS grid reference	SJ 363 782
Location	Welsh Road, Hooton, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	St Mary's, Hooton
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	17 May 1985
Architect(s)	E. J. Torver
Architectural type	Church
Groundbreaking	1878
Completed	1879
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone
Administration
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury

The Church of St Mary of the Angels is in Welsh Road, Hooton, Cheshire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the diocese of Shrewsbury. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The authors of the Buildings of England series state that it is "an individual design".

History

The foundation stone of the church was laid on 24 March 1878, and the church was formally opened on 22 August 1879 by Edmund Knight, Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury. Its architect was E. J. Torver. It was consecrated on 10 June 1883 by Arthur Riddell, Bishop of Northampton, due to the indisposition of Knight.

Architecture

The church is constructed in red sandstone. Its plan consists of a nave, a west porch, a chancel with a polygonal apse, a north chapel, also with an apse, and a vestry acting as a sacristy. On the ridge of the church is a bellcote. The porch contains panels depicting the symbols of the Evangelists. At the west end of the church is a rose window. Windows contain stained glass by Mayer of Munich.

External features

The churchyard contains the war grave of a Royal Air Force officer of World War I.