Christ Church

Christ Church is a church built in 1875 by Brade and Smales, with a north aisle added in 1900 and a tower constructed at the west end of the south nave wall in 1908 by W. Gilbee Scott. The church is made of snecked sandstone rubble and has a slate roof. It features transepts, a low south aisle, and a north aisle under a pitched roof. The east and west windows have geometrical tracery, while the west wall of the north aisle includes a rose window with flowing tracery. The tower consists of three stages with angle buttresses, and the main doorway is located in its west wall. This doorway is double-chamfered with a 2-centred head, a castellated lintel above, and a tympanum decorated with tracery. Above the doorway is a clock, and each wall of the tower has 2-light bell openings with foiled tracery. The tower is topped with a pyramidal slate roof behind a battlemented parapet featuring corner gargoyles. Inside, the northern arcade has five bays with round piers, while the southern arcade has two bays with round piers and heavily foliated capitals. The chancel arch also has similar capitals. The chancel is adorned with glazed and encaustic tiles, a painted timber roof, and a timber south clearstorey window. The nave boasts an open timber roof with arch-braced collars and king posts.