Church of Christchurch
CHURCH OF CHRISTCHURCH, ROSS ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1214000
- Date first listed:
- 24-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of Christchurch
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF CHRISTCHURCH, ROSS ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1214000
- Date first listed:
- 24-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of Christchurch
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF CHRISTCHURCH, ROSS ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF CHRISTCHURCH, ROSS ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Forest of Dean (District Authority)
- Parish:
- West Dean
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 57170 12957
Details
SO 51 SE WEST DEAN ROSS ROAD (east side)
4/161 Church of Christchurch II
Church. 1816, with apsidal chancel of 1884. Ashlar, slate roof. West tower, nave with apsidal chancel, broad north aisle with organ loft at east end. 3-stage tower by Henry Poole with string courses, single short lancets with hood mould on first stage, clock faces on south, west and north faces below belfry windows. Embattled parapet with corner pinnacles. Sloping walls from tower give symmetrical appearance from front and conceal asymmetry behind. Single storey room in south west corner has embattled parapet. Aisle and nave windows are pointed with simple Y tracery. Chancel windows are Decorated. Interior - Plastered barrel vault ceilings to nave and aisle, divided by 2 very slender cast iron columns. Chancel ceiling is boarded. Font also of 1884. This is the first C19 church to be built in the Forest of Dean. (David Verey, Buildings of England: Gloucestershire, The Vale and the Forest of Dean 1980).
Listing NGR: SO5717012957
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 398701
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: The Vale and the Forest of Dean, (1980)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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