St Mary’s Rostherne

Passing through Rostherne

A long day out on the bike, Sunday 11th August 2024, taking in some familiar old haunts and some less so. Again, I have been riding over to Knutsford, Tatton Park and all areas in between and around, but on this day I decided to take a detour off to the quaint little village of Rostherne. A place I have visited in the distant past and which is also, interestingly, within the catchment area of my official birth registration – Bucklow Hill.

Rostherne is quite a quirky and atmospheric place – it has a curious authentic artisan feel and unlike a lot of other des-res Cheshire villages Rostherne feels like the kind of place that would be home to people that are not into flexing attributes of wealth or the typical ‘Cheshire set’ aspirations. In other words, it feels quite bohemian. It is part of the Tatton Estate and nearly all residents will pay rent to Tatton, years ago it used to be claimed that accommodation in the village was only offered to people directly employed by Tatton Estates. Most of the buildings are constantly painted in the estates signature colour of maroon on gutters, fascias, drain pipes and other ancillary features.

As with any genuine English country village the local church is something of a focal point and a hub of the community. St Mary’s is quite unusual and not quite as old as many of the most historic churches in Cheshire; being completed in 1744. It appears to combine aspects of historic Norman architecture, the tower and mullion windows, with some allusions to the Georgian architecture of the time such as the timber framed dormer windows on the roof. The window treatment may also be an historic reference to Tudor styling which was a popular retrospective in Georgian architecture.

• Title: St Mary's Church and graveyard, Rostherne, Cheshire
• Taken: 11 August, 2024
• Aperture: ƒ/5
• Shutter speed: 1/250s
• ISO: 100
• Focal length: 15mm
• Copyright: Oliver Wood, all rights reserved

Walking round

A side view of St Mary’s in quite poor light. It was one of those very hot and humid days with a lot of UV haze, aqueous suffusion (of UV light) and a mostly overcast sky – at this time. Not great conditions for photography.

Monument

I don’t know much about this grand monument in the graveyard – but I feel that I should – will have to do some more research I think.

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