Church Of St Mark With Christchurch

The Church of St Mark with Christchurch is a parish church built in 1876 by John Wild. It features rusticated coursed and squared rubble, cut into small blocks, and has a Welsh slate roof with scalloped bands. The church includes a southeast tower and spire, a nave with a clerestory, two lean-to aisles, and a chancel.

The two-stage tower has clasping buttresses and a shouldered arched east doorway adorned with stiff leaf capitals. The lower stage has triple windows on the south side, while a lancet window is positioned above. The bell chamber features paired lights with shafts leading to the architrave. A corbel table supports the parapet above, which has a central gablet housing a clock on each face, merging into the base of the brooch spire that has lucarnes.

The eastern chapels of the south aisle each have two gables, each with a two-light Decorated window. The aisle consists of four bays separated by buttresses, each containing a two-light Decorated window. There is a gabled porch towards the west with a stepped chamfered arch. The clerestory has triple foiled lights set in recessed panels, and there is a five-light west window. The lower chancel features foiled lancets on the south side and a five-light east window. A gabled vestry is located to the north, and all gables are topped with wrought iron cross finials.

Inside, the church has a nave arcade supported by polished granite columns, along with original roofs and fittings, including a screen, reredos, stalls, benches, and pulpit. Paintings of saints are displayed on either side of the east window. The church is surrounded by a stone plinth wall on the east and south, with cast-iron railings and wrought-iron gates. The gate piers at the angle with Waterloo Street feature stepped pyramidal heads.