Christ Church

Christ Church is a parish church located on High Street in Tunstall, Stoke on Trent. It was built as a Commissioners Church between 1831 and 1832, designed by Francis Bedford, with later extensions by A R Wood. The church is constructed from coursed and squared rubble and features Welsh slate roofs.

The west tower is prominent, consisting of three stages and flanked by aisles that lead to the nave. The tower includes a west doorway with a chamfered arch and a simple hood mould, a lancet light, a clock, and paired lights in the bell chamber. Angle buttresses create cusped finials at the parapet. The aisles have blind west windows and are divided into bays by thin pilaster buttresses topped with gablets, with each bay containing paired lancet windows. The south door features a moulded arch beneath an angled hood mould, suggesting a vestigial gable. The south aisle chapel and chancel are highlighted by a 5-light Decorated east window, which has a panelled frieze below and a central buttress with a gablet. There is also a north vestry.

Inside, the church features a single span Queen-strut roof and a west gallery. The chancel arch is supported by marble shafts on corbels, and the chancel has a boarded ceiling painted with a quatrefoil frieze. The stained glass and fittings, including the altar and reredos, date from the early 20th century.