St Anne's Church, Buxton — Attraction in High Peak

Nice little old Anglo - Catholic church, which is almost hidden away from view around the side of a pub. It's incredible to think in a place like Buxton that if you go by the carved entrance to the church dating it at 1625, that this makes it the oldest building in the town. From the outside the building looks tired, on the plain side and simple standing on a small plot, but on the inside it takes on a new light with it's beamed roof, small decorative stained glass windows and it's religious adornment makes it quaint. *It would be lovely to see if one day, the famous spa town of Buxton, spare some of it's revenue from tourists on this building and recognise this little piece of history that they have here and return it to it's former...

Tucked in a corner behind the Swan Pub, what an absolute gem of a little church. St Anne's is the oldest church in Burton, originally converted from a barn. It's simple inside but extremely eclectic and seems to share elements of Catholicism and Anglicanism, although it is an Anglican church. Above the altar is a painted ceiling, proported to have been painted by students of William Morris under his supervision and the font is reputed to be Saxon. It's worth spending a little time and soaking up the details in this...

Woww wowww woww what an amazing church it dates back to 1625 it is the oldest church in Buxton and there is a grave stone out back dating back to 1799 who was an Irish comedian who died of poisoning. In the church the atmosphere is overwhelming you feel so calm and close to god. You keep saying to yourself it’s 400 years old. What a place...