Christ Church

Christ Church is a parish church built in 1838, designed by Samuel Taylor, the lord of the manor and a cotton manufacturer. It is constructed from locally quarried rock-faced red sandstone ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof. The church includes a west steeple, nave, chancel, transepts, and a lean-to vestry on the south side of the chancel. The three-stage tower has a middle stage that is the only part of the church not rock-faced, featuring a continuous blind arcade and triple belfry openings topped by a needle spire. The nave has single lancet windows separated by buttresses, while the transepts have triple lancets. The east end is adorned with triple lancets framed by large octagonal turrets that are battlemented with spirelets.

Inside, the church boasts a hammer-beam roof and a quadripartite wooden vault over the crossing. Notable woodwork, some of which was brought from other locations including St Peter in Liverpool, includes a late 17th-century pulpit and communion rails, as well as parts of the west gallery that are thought to be 18th-century Flemish or French Rococo in style. The church also features an alabaster font from around 1900 in the Arts and Crafts style, along with good quality stained glass from various periods.