Church Of Christ

Parish church built in 1848-9 by H Woodyer in the Decorated style. The building was repaired in 1873 and 1895. It is constructed of grey stone with ashlar dressings and has plain tile roofs with stepped, coped gables.

The plan comprises a nave with west bellcote, north aisle, south aisle, south porch, chancel, and vestry.

The west elevation is dominated by a single 2-light pointed arch window with flowing tracery set within a large heavily moulded pointed arch that springs from two angle buttresses with set-offs. Above this sits an arrowslet window, and above that an octagonal bellcote with crenellated cornice topped by a spire with topknot and weathercock. Single light bell openings appear on the west, south-east and north-east faces, with small buttresses on the north and south faces.

The north aisle's west wall has a large lancet with hoodmould. The north wall features a buttress with set-offs and, to its right, a 2-light window with reticulated tracery in a square frame, with a similar 3-light window to the left. The east wall has a 2-light pointed arch window with hoodmould.

The south aisle's west wall contains a large lancet with hoodmould. The south wall has two 2-light pointed arch windows with hoodmoulds. The south porch is gabled with a cross finial, diagonal buttresses, and a double chamfered pointed arch doorway. Stone benches sit inside the porch. The heavily moulded pointed arch south doorway features double plank doors.

The south wall of the main body has a chamfered plinth and buttress with set-offs. To the left is a lancet with hoodmould, and to the right a 2-light pointed arch window with flowing tracery and hoodmould. A diagonal buttress with set-offs stands at the south-east corner.

The chancel's east wall has a chamfered plinth and a single 3-light pointed arch window with reticulated tracery and hoodmould, with a cross finial on the east gable. To the right, the vestry has a wooden casement window with a plain arched stone frame. The chancel roof continues down over the vestry to the north. The vestry has a doorway with chamfered frame and plank door, and the north wall of the chancel has a lancet with hoodmould.

The interior features a narrow entry to the bellcote above the west window. The nave has 4-bay arcades with quatrefoil piers with capitals and bases and double-chamfered pointed arches. The chancel arch is double-chamfered with hoodmould and responds with capitals. A pointed chamfered doorway to the vestry has a trefoil head piscina to its right. A marble reredos with dentilled cornice and floral patterns in circles stands below the east window. Below the south-east window is a sedile with a chamfered arch with sexfoil cusping and small shields.

An early 20th-century organ is located in the west bay of the north aisle. An octagonal bowl and stem font with ornate Gothic wooden cover sits in the south aisle. The altar, altar rails, choir stalls, pulpit, lectern, rood screen, pews and wainscotting are all 19th-century work.

The south aisle's east wall has a First World War marble memorial plaque with a Second World War brass memorial plaque below. Stained glass windows date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The south aisle features stained glass, with the east window by Kempe & Co from 1902, and the chancel windows also contain stained glass. The nave roof has 3 trusses with arch braces and crown posts. Ceramic tile floors include Minton tiles in the sanctuary.