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St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley is an Anglican parish church in the Gothic style, near the village of Nether Alderley. A Grade I listed building, it was built in around 1300, probably on the site of an earlier timber-framed church. The original dedication was to St Lawrence. The tower, considered by F. H. Crossley to be the church's best feature, dates from 1530. A major restoration was carried out by Paley and Austin in 1877–78.
Interior features include a 14th-century font, the richly carved Stanley pew, which dates from around 1600 and is entered by an external staircase, an 18th-century musicians' gallery, and several monuments to the Barons Stanley of Alderley, with whom the church has historically been associated. The grounds contain a medieval church cross and a Grade-II*-listed schoolhouse dating from 1628, now used as a parish hall. The neo-Jacobean Stanley Mausoleum was built in 1909 by Edward Lyulph, 4th Baron Stanley. An ancient yew tree stands in the churchyard.