Christ Church, Denshaw

Christ Church, built in 1863 for Henry Gartside, is a church constructed of rock-faced stone with a slate roof. The building comprises a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a west tower, and a chancel. The aisles are characterised by a projecting plinth and flat buttresses. Each aisle bay features a triple cusped lancet window; a porch in the first bay has a coped gable with kneelers. The clerestory has quatrefoil windows. The east window is a five-light design with geometrical tracery. Gabled organ chambers and chapels are situated to either side of the chancel. The roof has a steeply pitched profile with coped gables and kneelers. The three-stage tower has a three-light window on the first stage, a clock face in the second stage, and two-light belfry openings. It is topped by a castellated parapet with stepped merlons, pierced trefoils, and corner pinnacles. Inside, the nave arcade features double-chamfered arches on circular columns with moulded capitals. The roof is supported by arch-braced trusses. The Gartside chapel contains a stone altar set within a cusped recess. Stained glass windows are present, alongside an octagonal stone pulpit.