Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1949. Church.

Christ Church

WRENN ID
narrow-mullion-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Tyneside
Constituency
Jarrow and Gateshead East MP: Kate Osborne (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 January 1949
Type
Church
Address
Christ Church, Grange Road West
OS grid reference
NZ 326 652
Coordinates
54.98112, -1.49173
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Christ Church is a parish church built in 1868 by Johnson and Hicks. It is constructed from coursed, squared rock-faced sandstone and has a roof made of Welsh slate. The church features a 4-bay nave, north and south aisles, and a south porch, along with a 2-bay chancel that includes a south vestry and a north organ loft. At the north-east corner of the nave, there is a tower with a stair turret. The design is in the Early English style.

On the west elevation, there are two windows with two lights each, adorned with cinquefoils. The clerestory contains cinquefoil windows, while the aisles have lancet windows. The high-pitched roofs are topped with gable stone copings and finials, and the tower is crowned with a tall broach spire.

Inside, the nave arcades are supported by round piers that have plinths, clasping bands, and acanthus capitals, with stiff leaf stops on the hood moulds of the arches. The furnishings include a Norman-style front made of Frosterley marble on a pedestal with four columns, as well as choir stalls, a rood screen, a lectern, and altar woodwork in a Gothic style, all of high quality.

Local climate

Christ Church receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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