Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1985. Church. 5 related planning applications.

Christ Church

WRENN ID
steep-pillar-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rotherham
Country
England
Date first listed
21 August 1985
Type
Church
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SE40SW WATH UPON DEARNE MELTON HIGH STREET (north side)

2/48 Christ Church

II

Church. 1855 by Pritchett and Sons. Rock-faced sandstone, slate roof. 3-stage west tower, 5-bay aisled nave with south porch, 2-bay chancel with gabled projection to north and south. Gothic revival style. Windows have Decorated-style tracery and hoodmoulds with head-carved stops; buttresses between bays; diagonal buttresses to angles and lower 2 stages of tower; shaped kneelers and gable copings. Tower: offset bands at each stage. Door in south side beneath 2-light window, elaborate crocketed niche on west side. 2nd stage has single light window beneath clock. Paired 2-light belfry openings. Corner gargoyles beneath pierced parapet (pinnacles removed). Nave: gabled porch to bay 2, other bays with 3-light windows. Chancel: lower, gabled projections in angle with aisles, 5-light east window, gable cross.

Interior: cyma-moulded piers and arches to nave arcades, foliate carved capitals. Vaulted roof with ribs springing from angel corbels; gilded bosses. Contemporary oak furnishings including rood screen.

Listing NGR: SE4215900923

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