Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Church.

Christ Church

WRENN ID
silent-bailey-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds West and Pudsey MP: Rachel Reeves (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1976
Type
Church
Address
Christ Church, Armley Ridge Road
OS grid reference
SE 265 337
Coordinates
53.79922, -1.59809
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Christ Church is an Anglican church built between 1869 and 1872, designed by Richard L Adams. It is constructed from coursed squared gritstone with ashlar details and features slate roofs, showcasing a Gothic Revival style.

The exterior includes a tall nave with tripartite clerestory windows and 2-light lancet windows on the low north and south aisles. There is a gabled south porch and a tall west tower that has a large 2-light belfry. The chancel features a 3-light lancet east window with an oval window above in the gable.

Inside, the church was reordered in 1983, with a screen that separates the western two bays of the five-bay nave and tower. The west end has a memorial to William Ewart Gott of Armley House, who significantly contributed to the church's construction. The east window is dedicated to his memory, while the chancel windows honor John Aitchison Gott and the baptistry window commemorates Alexander Gott, a priest.

Notable interior features include quatrefoil columns, a clerestory that is obscured by an inserted ceiling, a carved oak pulpit presented in 1936, and an octagonal stone font with a carved frieze of leaves, which has a cover added in 1960. The original pews retain their moulded ends, and the choir has a white marble floor. The painted stone reredos features cusped recesses and crocketed finials.

Local climate

Christ Church receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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