CHRIST CHURCH
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1120867
Date first listed: 26-Apr-1985
Statutory Address: CHRIST CHURCH, THORLEY LANE
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Location
Statutory Address: CHRIST CHURCH, THORLEY LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Trafford (Metropolitan Authority)
National Grid Reference: SJ 79082 88190
Summary
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History
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Details
SJ 78 NE ALTRINCHAM THORLEY LANE
(east side)
7/36 Christ Church
26/04/85
- II
Church. Nave and tower 1849 by J. Bayley, transept and
chancel 1864-5 by John Lowe, vestry extension 1887 by
Charles Heathcote. Rock faced sandstone with ashlar
dressings and slate roof. Neo-Norman. Wide nave, west tower,
porch, transepts, chancel, organ chamber and vestry. 5-bay
nave, 2-bay transepts, 2-bay chancel. Stone plinth,
continuous hoodmould and coped parapet with blind arcading.
Each bay has flat buttresses (clasping at corners) and a
semi-circular arched window with colonnettes. 3-stage tower
with spire has clasping buttresses, semi-circular headed
openings to each stage, the belfry ones being coupled. Each
stage is diminished and the belfry has nook shafts and
dentilled eaves. Rose windows to transepts, 5-light east
window and a canted bay window added to the organ chamber by
Arthur W. Hennings in 1923 with chequer-patterned gable.
Interior: west gallery, queen-post roof trusses, double-
chamfered semi-circular chancel and transept arches,
chequered terracotta wall tiles throughout (1887), carved
heraldic frieze at tie-beam level. Box pews, altar rail
altar table and reredos by Edgar Wood with inlaid ebony,
ivory walnut etc. Pulpit by John Lowe. North transept door and
vestibule by John N. Cocker.East window by Heaton Butler and
Bayne 1992. Transept windows stained glass by Charles Heathcote
1887. Pre-Raphaelite style nave windows by Heaton Butler and
George Bayne (Faith) and George Wraffe (Gentleness, Courage, Justice and
Diligence). Chancel window by Edgar Wood.
Listing NGR: SJ7908288190
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 212792
Legacy System: LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing