Christ Church

Christ Church is a church built in 1775, now maintained by the Redundant Churches Fund. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings. The building features a high west tower, a galleried nave that appears as two storeys externally, and a shallow chancel.

The four-stage west tower has a round-arched Gibbs surround to the west door, an elliptical-headed window above, a blind window and a clock in the second stage, and paired ogee bell chamber lights in the upper stage. An embattled parapet sits above the cornice. The north elevation is characterized by a central entrance within an advanced, pedimented bay with rusticated stone. This bay features a pedimented Ionic doorcase and acroteria above the pediment. There are three windows on each level, each side of the entrance, with elliptical heads, interlace glazing, and moulded stone architraves. The south elevation mirrors the north with seven similar windows on each level. The shallow chancel has a Palladian east window, and doorways on either side, each with round-arched doorcases leading to six-panelled doors with lunettes above. A high parapet runs above the cornice throughout the building. Stone plinth and quoins are present.

Inside, a continuous raking gallery curves around the north, west, and south sides, featuring a panelled parapet and squared columns, possibly iron encased in timber. The organ is located on the west gallery. The interior has plain plaster panelling to a coved ceiling. The east window is framed by an enriched Ionic architrave with stained glass dated 1854. Later 18th century emblematic stained glass, and late 19th and early 20th century pictorial stained glass are found in the north aisle. Staircases to the gallery are located in lobbies to the east. Fittings include box pews and a small marble font with a scalloped basin carried on a baluster pedestal and a wooden moulded lid. Several stone wall memorials are present, including a memorial to Charles Roe by Bacon, dated 1784. This memorial is of black and white marble, with an inscribed tablet surmounted by an obelisk against which a figure carries a bust of Roe, and representations of the church he endowed, his silk mill, and copper works.