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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