Christ Church, Church Road, Christchurch - Fenland

Grade ll listed church built c1870 in early English style. Red brick masonry walls with bands of black brick and a steeply pitched slate roof with crested ridge tiles and a timber bell-cote over the crossing. The nave is comprised of two bays, divided by two-stage buttresses, each with two lancets. The bay to the West has a gabled brick porch with stone colonettes to the outer arch. There is a gabled chapel to the North and South and an apse chancel. The church has been closed for health and safety reasons with falling plaster from the nave ceiling. Ineffective drainage requires overhaul.

Site Details

Designated Site Name:

CHRIST CHURCH

Heritage Category:

Listed Building grade II

List Entry Number:

1125930

Local Planning Authority:

Fenland

Site Type:

Religious ritual and funerary > Chapel

Location

Building Name:

Christ Church

Street Name:

Church Road

County:

Cambridgeshire

District / Borough:

Fenland

Parish:

Christchurch

Parliamentary Constituency:

North East Cambridgeshire

Region:

East of England

Assessment Information

Assessment Type:

Place of worship

Condition:

Poor

Priority:

C - Slow decay; no solution agreed

Ownership:

Religious organisation

Designation:

Listed Place of Worship grade II