St Michael and All Angels Church, Crewe Green 2.41

St Michael and All Angels Church is in the village of Crewe Green, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich. Its benefice is combined with that of St Matthew, Haslington.HistoryThe church was built in 1857–58 to a design by Sir George Gilbert Scott for the 3rd Lord Crewe.ArchitectureSt Michael's is constructed in red and blue brick, with stone dressings, and is decorated with bands of encaustic tiles. It has a tiled roof. The plan consists of a four-bay nave, with an apsidal chancel, a south porch, a north vestry, and an octagonal turret at the northeast corner of the nave. The church stands on a sandstone plinth, and the walls are decorated with diaper work and blue brick bands. The porch is gabled and in the apex of the gable is an inset panel of Christ blessing. At the west end is a rose window flanked by round panels depicting the Holy Family and angels.