Christ Church

Christ Church is a church located in Altrincham, built in 1849 by J. Bayley, with the transept and chancel added in 1864-1865 by John Lowe, and a vestry extension completed in 1887 by Charles Heathcote. The building is constructed of rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof in a Neo-Norman style. It includes a wide nave, a west tower, a porch, transepts, a chancel, an organ chamber, and a vestry.

The church has a five-bay nave, two-bay transepts, and a two-bay chancel. It features a stone plinth, a continuous hoodmould, and a coped parapet adorned with blind arcading. Each bay is supported by flat buttresses that clasp at the corners and has a semi-circular arched window with colonnettes. The three-stage tower, topped with a spire, has clasping buttresses and semi-circular headed openings at each stage, with the belfry openings being coupled. The tower diminishes in size with each stage, and the belfry includes nook shafts and dentilled eaves. The transepts are highlighted by rose windows, while the east window has five lights. An organ chamber features a canted bay window added by Arthur W. Hennings in 1923, which has a chequer-patterned gable.

Inside, the church boasts a west gallery, queen-post roof trusses, and double chamfered semi-circular arches in the chancel and transepts. The walls are lined with chequered terracotta tiles from 1887, and there is a carved heraldic frieze at tie-beam level. The interior includes box pews, an altar rail, an altar table, and a reredos designed by Edgar Wood, featuring inlaid ebony, ivory, and walnut. The pulpit was also crafted by John Lowe. The north transept door and vestibule were designed by John N. Cocker. The east window was created by Heaton Butler and Bayne in 1882, while the transept windows feature stained glass by Charles Heathcote from 1887. The nave windows, designed in the Pre-Raphaelite style, were created by Heaton Butler and George Bayne (for Faith) and George Wraffe (for Gentleness, Courage, Justice, and Diligence), with the chancel window also designed by Edgar Wood.