Christ Church is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1949. A Victorian Church. 1 related planning application.

Christ Church

WRENN ID
sharp-truss-rook
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1949
Type
Church
Period
Victorian
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Christ Church is a Grade II* listed building originally constructed between 1817 and 1818, designed by architect G A Underwood. The church underwent significant alterations, including refenestration in the 1840s by Manners and Gill, an east extension built in 1904-1905 by W George Brown, a south transept added in 1899, and a "North transept" completed in 1929 by Sir Harold Brakespeare. The structure is built of rubble and features a cruciform plan with an aisled nave and a crenellated east tower supported by clasping buttresses.

Architecturally, the church is designed in the Perpendicular style, showcasing traceried openwork parapets and verges to the east, along with pinnacles and gargoyles added over the buttresses in 1851. The church has four main bays with tracery inspired by that of Yatton near Bristol, and two smaller flanking bays, one of which features a door with a crocketted ogee label. The south transept is topped with an ogee-capped bell turret, and there is a gabled east chapel. A later chancel, known as the Lady Chapel, was built in 1929 and includes clasping octagonal buttresses, a cornice, and an ashlar parapet.

The west front displays projecting side buttresses that clasp the nave end at the corners of the south aisle, with pinnacles adorning the aisle and blind panels on the nave. A large central window in the Perpendicular style, added in 1865, is positioned above a corbel that once supported a finial. The main entrance features Gothic panelled doors from 1918, and one original 'Y' tracery window remains at the west end of the south aisle.

Inside, the piers of the arcade are reinforced but still maintain a quadrilobe shape. A finely carved oak altar is located under the tower, accompanied by a decorated reredos, flanking sedilia, and a panelled arcade. A large rood was added in 1910, and several minor wall monuments can be found throughout the interior. The graveyard contains numerous plain railed graves, including an oval-shaped grave with an ornamental iron overthrow dedicated to Thomas Bunn, a notable local figure who died in 1853.

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