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Drivers in Cheadle town centre will often completely miss one of the most spectacular places of worship in the county - the Catholic church of Saint Giles in the Staffordshire Moorlands.
But it really is worth visiting. For visitor details, click the link below.

To see some panoramic images of the church, click on the links on the right hand side of this page.

History

Not far from Alton Towers, and commissioned by the lord of the manor at that stately home in the early 1840s, St Giles was designed by Augustus Welby Pugin.

Pugin, driven by deep personal beliefs, had only the best local suppliers of materials to furnish and decorate this church.

Thanks to his work here and elsewhere in the county as well as further afield, Pugin has become recognised as the leading force in the gothic revival of church architecture.

Local historian and writer Father Michael Fisher has recently completed a book on the designer's important role and his amazing creativity in architecture.

He spoke to our video reporter Tim Parker about St Giles church...

Staffordshire is at the heart of the English Gothic Revival. Shining like a beacon celebrating that revival is St. Giles Church in Cheadle, North Staffordshire.

Lamont Howie went to the ornate Roman Catholic Church of Saint Giles with the author of 'Staffordshire and the Gothic Revival', Father Michael Fisher.

成人论坛 Radio Stoke's Faith Producer wanted to gain a better sense of the work carried out by architectural luminaries such as Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin...

More from Lamont Howie's tour of the Gothic revivals architectural masterpiece with author, Father Michael Fisher...