Church Of St Christopher

The Church of St Christopher is a Grade II* listed building constructed between 1930 and 1932, designed by Bernard Miller. It is built of brick with stone dressings and features a tiled roof. The church has a four-bay nave, a crossing tower, transepts, a two-bay chancel, and flanking chapels. The west front, which is the actual south side, includes a parabolic-arched recess with a stone surround and a similar window above an architraved entrance that has an enriched keystone. There is a stepped niche above this entrance. The low side walls feature gate openings with architraves and tiled ridges. The nave windows are designed as parabolic arches. The transepts mirror the west front and have low flat-roofed porches to the west, which have been converted into vestries since 1984. The crossing tower is low and has three segmental-headed windows along with stone coping. The chancel resembles the nave, while the chapels have triple round-headed side windows. The south chapel includes an entrance topped with a bell-shaped bell-cote.

To the east of the church, there is a courtyard featuring three-bay cloisters with round arches, three round-arched gates to the north, and small windows to the south. A church hall is located to the east, along with a stone Byzantine-style aedicule that contains the foundation stone to the west.

Inside, the church showcases parabolic vaults with transverse ribs on low walls. The chancel arch is adorned with a relief of a dove and angels, and there are fan-shaped light fittings in the angles. The chancel features a low wall with bows flanking gates and shaped architraves behind the altar. The font is designed in the form of an eight-pointed star with mirrored sides. Some light fittings are present in the nave and north chapel, along with choir stalls. This church is noted as Miller's most original work and is considered one of the best examples from the period between the wars.