Former Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1986. Church. 1 related planning application.
Former Christ Church
- WRENN ID
- roaming-dormer-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1986
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Former Christ Church, Stockhill Road, Chilcompton, BA3 4JQ
- OS grid reference
- ST 641 503
- Coordinates
- 51.25148, -2.51509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Former Christ Church is an Anglican church built in 1838 by John Pinch the Younger. It is now redundant and used as a store. The church is constructed from Doulting ashlar and features double Roman tile and slate roofs, with coped verges and cruciform finials. At the west end, there is a gabled ashlar bellcote that houses a bell, with a ventilator above the chancel arch. This plain Commissioner's church is designed in a late 13th-century style and has a lofty rectangular nave with a gabled west porch, a short chancel, and a vestry added to the south in 1906.
The nave consists of three bays and has pointed-arch windows with angle shafts, labels, and diamond-paned leaded lights. The porch features a shafted door opening with paired panelled doors. The chancel includes a Geometrical style two-light east window, while the single-storey vestry has a triple-light window on the south side. Inside, the church has a plastered interior with a boarded floor and a central aisle with stone setts. Much of the interior has been stripped, but the gallery, decalogue plaques, and stained glass at the east end remain. The nave is topped with a queen-post roof that features arcading.
Local climate
Former Christ Church receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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