Christ Church

Christ Church is a chapel of ease dating to 1895, designed by J P Pritchett Jun and H D Pritchett for Mrs Maynard Proud. It is constructed of ashlar sandstone with plain tile roofs and has a cruciform plan, encompassing a nave with a south porch, south and north transepts, a chancel, and a crossing tower. The building is executed in the Perpendicular style.

The south porch features swept, stepped diagonal buttresses. The door is set within a pointed arch consisting of two orders; the inner order is shafted with undercut foliage on the capitals, the outer order is continuously moulded, and the hoodmould is decorated with Art Nouveau "AD" and "1895" stops above a sundial dated 1893. The gable has moulded coping with a cross at the apex, flanked by two-light windows with Perpendicular tracery and hoodmoulds with carved stops. The inner door is within a continuously-moulded pointed arch.

The nave has a moulded plinth, swept stepped buttresses, and three-light windows with crested transoms and Perpendicular tracery, all with hoodmoulds incorporating carved stops. The west end features a four-light window. The transepts have gables with two two-light windows with crested transoms, Perpendicular tracery, and hoodmoulds; head stops are carved on the south windows and shield stops on the north. A staircase turret is located on the south side, and a moulded doorway with a four-centred arch is situated on the west side of the north transept.

The chancel to the south has a four-centred arched priest’s doorway, the hoodmould featuring the word "Evangelum" in Art Nouveau lettering and a chalice; this is set above a two-light Perpendicular window with hoodmould and head stops, and a four-light window with head stops. The east side has a five-light Perpendicular window with a four-centred arched head and transom, with blind lower panels, while the north side features three Perpendicular windows with hoodmoulds and head stops.

The tower has octagonal corner buttresses topped with turret finials. Each side has a chamfered light vent for the ringing chamber and a three-light louvred opening with Perpendicular tracery and a hoodmould with head stops to the belfry.

The interior is finished in ashlar, with filleted columns and carved capitals supporting moulded arches at the crossing. Carved corbels carry arch-braced roof trusses with a boarded ceiling. A blind window is found to the east of the south transept. The chapel retains original fittings of high quality, including the altar, reredos, pulpit, pews, vestry screen across the north transept, and a stone font.