Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1986. Parish church.

Christ Church

WRENN ID
pitched-bailey-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1986
Type
Parish church
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SJ 40 NE BAYSTON HILL C.P. THE COMMON (north side)

5/7 Christ Church -

  • II

Parish church. 1843 by Edward Haycock with chancel of 1886. Uncoursed conglomerate rubble to nave and chancel with sandstone ashlar dressings and to top 2 stages of tower, machine tile roofs. Nave, chancel, west tower and south-east vestry. Tower: thin and unbuttressed in 4 stepped stages; blocked lancet to second stage and 4 lancet openings to top belfry with crenellated parapet; nail-studded west door in painted arch. Buttressed nave in 3 bays has broad lancets with hoodmoulds on north and moulded eaves cornice. Short one-bay chancel, east window of paired lancets with circular opening above, moulded eaves cornice; lean-to vestry on south. Interior: not inspected, but said to have an elaborately trussed roof and a late C19 octagonal font with quatrefoil panelling. The parish was formed in 1844 from part of Condover and St Julian's, Shrewsbury. D.H.S. Cranage, The Churches of Shrewsbury (1894-1908), p.971.

Listing NGR: SJ4872008842

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