Christ Church

Christ Church is an Anglican church constructed between 1901 and 1903, with a tower added in 1911, designed by P. H. Currie in the Free Gothic style. The church is built of randomly coursed rubble gritstone with quoins, coped gables and plain tiled roofs. The building has an irregular plan, incorporating a tower to the east, a south entrance porch at the west end, a lean-to vestry on the south wall, a north transept for the organ, and a chancel.

The south porch is constructed of ashlar and rubble, featuring a shallow chamfered plinth and a segmental arched doorway with dentils. The south gable has a two-light window with a semi-circular headed light below a flush band featuring a blind shield and cusped lancet carvings. The five-bay nave includes carved finials and stepped buttresses between the bays. The nave has two-light, Perp style windows with flat heads within quoined surrounds, with a coupled pair of two-light openings located west of the vestry projection, all featuring moulded drips to the heads. The lean-to vestry has a shallow chamfered plinth, windows with cills, and a quoined door surround with a stepped hoodmould above a blank shield. A stepped buttress east of the door rises to a squat crocketed pinnacle. A pointed arched three-light window is positioned at the east end of the vestry.

The two-stage tower is square in plan, with a polygonal stair turret to the south west corner, topped by a moulded eaves band. It has coupled two-light belfry windows with cusped heads, set beneath a segmental arch. Stepped buttresses are present on the first stage, with a crenellated parapet and crocketed pinnacles to the corners and wall centres above. The chancel's south wall features an ogee headed two-light window in a quoined surround, a moulded eaves band and stepped angle buttresses. The east window is a pointed arched five-light window with a hoodmould and block stops. The north transept has a three-light cusped window with a flat head. The nave’s north wall contains four two-light windows, a chimney, and a stepped buttress. A five-light west window with a pointed arch is topped by a continuous hoodmould with a pilaster strip rising to support a blind niche in the gable apex.

Inside, a double chamfered arch leads to the nave cross, rising from crenellated imposts. A chamfered arch leads to the north transept, with lancets above, while twin arches lead to the south transept, also with two lancets above. The nave roof has arch braced king post trusses and intermediate arch braced collar trusses. The braces of the trusses are cusped. The pulpit, lectern and chancel credence table were designed by Currie. A metal plaque with enamelled inlay work is located on the south side of the chancel arch.