St George's Church, Heaviley
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St George's Church is in Buxton Road, Heaviley, an area of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Stockport, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield,
St George's Church, Heaviley, from the east
Nave and roof detail
Ceiling features
Organ case and pipes
Flying buttress
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The flying buttress is a specific form of buttress composed of a ramping arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, to convey to the ground the lateral forces that pus
St George's Church, Heaviley
…Chapel to the north, an organ chamber to the south, and a vestry to the southeast. The tower has an embattled parapet with corner pinnacles linked by flying buttresses to the spire. At the east end, flanking the windows, are large buttresses. The east and west windows have seven lights, and the windows along the sides…
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