St Anne, Buxton
St Anne, Buxton
St Anne’s on Bath Road, Higher Buxton, is a Grade II* parish church of 1625, among the oldest buildings in the town, in the Diocese of Derby.
- Location
- Buxton, Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Derbyshire
- City / town
- Buxton
- Address
- Bath Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6HH
- Postcode
- SK17 6HH
- Built
- 1625, incorporating earlier fabric; vestry 1715; refurbished 1841; enlarged 1894
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Anne
- Diocese
- Derby
- Parish
- Buxton with Burbage and King Sterndale
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Vernacular Gothic
- Materials
- Rendered rubble and dressed stone with ashlar dressings; stone slate roof
- Grid reference
- SK 057 729
- Opening hours
- Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
Historic England dates the church to 1625, incorporating an earlier building, with a vestry of 1715, refurbishment in 1841, enlargement in 1894 and a roof restoration of 1956. The list entry records rendered rubble and dressed stone with ashlar dressings under a stone-slate roof, a west bellcote and an L-plan that began as a simple rectangle. A date of 1625 is carved on the porch. The Buxton Team Parish notes that the building may have been a tithe barn or farmhouse before conversion, and that John Wesley is said to have preached here. After St John the Baptist became the town church in 1811, St Anne’s served as a school, Sunday school and mortuary chapel before restoration for worship and re-dedication in 1885.
The interior has a queen-post roof with heavily adzed tie beams, a painted wooden triptych and a painted sanctuary ceiling. Fittings include a font with the inscribed date 1625 (described in the list as Saxon), reused Jacobean woodwork, eighteenth-century wall monuments, and glass by the Glass Stainers’ Association (1906) and J. E. Nuttgens (1947). The actor John Kane is buried in the churchyard.