Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1953. Church.
Christ Church
- WRENN ID
- lesser-portal-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1953
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Christ Church, B6341, Hepple
- OS grid reference
- NT 984 006
- Coordinates
- 55.29958, -2.02595
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Christ Church is a parish church built in 1897 by C. Hodgson Fowler. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a Welsh slate roof, designed in the Late Perpendicular style. The church consists of a nave and chancel, along with a south porch and a north vestry.
The nave has three bays and includes a porch in the left bay, flanked by two three-light windows with 4-centred heads. A sill string runs along the windows. The chancel, which has two bays, features similar windows and a string course. A large buttress with three offsets separates the chancel from the nave, and the chancel windows are positioned slightly higher than those in the nave. The east end of the church is mostly blank, except for a recessed panel that displays a cross and four small crosses between its arms.
The roof is gabled with flat coping, kneelers, and cross finials. The eaves of the chancel are slightly swept and higher than those of the nave. Between the chancel and nave is a very short battered tower, which has a slate-hung lower portion, a louvred timber bell stage, and a spirelet with swept, overhanging eaves.
Inside, the church features a tripartite screen with Tudor-arched openings, a wooden canted chancel arch, and canted wooden barrel-vaulted ceilings. The interior is enhanced by a painted colour scheme. A large reredos from 1903 displays a painting of the crucifixion, along with panels depicting angels. The east wall is adorned with linenfold panelling, while the south wall of the chancel features enriched linenfold. The south window, installed in 1901, includes figures of St. Aidan, St. Gregory, and St. Oswald. The altar front, added in 1934, features a painting of the descent from the cross.
The font, which originates from the old church, has a 12th-century bowl on a 19th-century stem; one figure remains beneath a round arch, while others have worn away. The north wall of the nave includes a 14th-century grave cover with a foliated cross, and in the corner of the nave is a small medieval headstone with an incised cross.
Local climate
Christ Church receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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