Church Of Christchurch is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. A 19th century Church.
Church Of Christchurch
- WRENN ID
- dusk-landing-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Period
- 19th century
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SO 51 SE WEST DEAN ROSS ROAD (east side)
4/161 Church of Christchurch II
Church. 1816, with apsidal chancel of 1884. Ashlar, slate roof. West tower, nave with apsidal chancel, broad north aisle with organ loft at east end. 3-stage tower by Henry Poole with string courses, single short lancets with hood mould on first stage, clock faces on south, west and north faces below belfry windows. Embattled parapet with corner pinnacles. Sloping walls from tower give symmetrical appearance from front and conceal asymmetry behind. Single storey room in south west corner has embattled parapet. Aisle and nave windows are pointed with simple Y tracery. Chancel windows are Decorated. Interior - Plastered barrel vault ceilings to nave and aisle, divided by 2 very slender cast iron columns. Chancel ceiling is boarded. Font also of 1884. This is the first C19 church to be built in the Forest of Dean. (David Verey, Buildings of England: Gloucestershire, The Vale and the Forest of Dean 1980).
Listing NGR: SO5717012957
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