St Andrew's Church

From Site

• Established: 1937
• Type: Church of England
• Minister: Reverend Derek Guest
• Address: Cheadle Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 5ET
• Telephone: 0161 485 2648
• Website: http://www.standrewscheadlehulme.org.uk

St Andrew's Church was originally built as a daughter church of St Mary's Church in Cheadle. At the time it was built, the area was rapidly becoming suburban as new housing estates were built over old farmland. The closest churches were St Mary's and All Saints, and it soon became clear a new church was needed to serve the new community.

The original church was opened in December 1937, and built at a cost of £16,000 (about £730,000 today). As mentioned, it was originally a daughter church, but is now independent. The original church was inadequate for the needs of the growing community, so in the 1950s, plans for a new building were made, with the foundation stone for the new building being laid on 15 March 1958 by the Bishop of Chester. It cost around £32,000 (£540,000 today) to build and it opened in May 1959, serving the area ever since. Interestingly, as St Andrew's never had its own bells for weddings, they made use of "canned" ringing from St Mary's bells! The original church was damaged by fire in 1976 and was eventually demolished.

St Andrew's and All Saints at one time were the joint parents of the Emmanuel Sunday School, which later became a church in its own right.