Christ Church, Willaston

Christ Church is in Neston Road, Willaston, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wirral South, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2][3]

Christ Church, Willaston
Christ Church, Willaston, from the south
Christ Church, Willaston
Location in Cheshire
OS grid referenceSJ 329 778
LocationNeston Road, Willaston, Cheshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteChrist Church, Willaston
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated29 April 1999
Architect(s)Thomas Fulljames (1808-1874) and Frederick Sandham Waller (1822-1905)
Bernard Miller
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking1854
Completed1926
Specifications
MaterialsSandstone, slate roofs
Administration
ParishWillaston
DeaneryWirral South
ArchdeaconryChester
DioceseChester
ProvinceYork
Clergy
Vicar(s)Revd Stephen Bazely
Assistant priest(s)Fr Lyndon Bannon

History

Christ Church was built in 1854, the architects being Fulljames and Waller. The north aisle was added in 1926 by Bernard Miller.[4]

Architecture

The church is constructed in sandstone with Westmorland slate roofs. It has a porch in timber and stone. The plan consists of a four-bay nave with a clerestory, a north aisle, a south porch, a two-bay chancel, and a bellcote at the east end of the nave. The east window has three lights, and there are single-light windows along the sides of the chancel. The nave windows have two lights, and there is a four-light west window. The windows in the aisle and in the vestry have mullions carved as angels. On the chancel gable is a wheel-cross.[2] The stained glass includes that in the east window by William Wailes, which dates from 1855. Windows elsewhere are by Kempe, dating from 1902, and by W. B. Simpson and Sons, dated 1897. There are also three windows by William T. Davies dated 1975, 1980 and 2000.[4] The two-manual organ was built in 1925–26 by Nicholson, and restored in 1999 by David Wells.[5]

External features

The churchyard contains the war graves of seven service personnel of World War I and three of World War II.[6]

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See also

References
  1. Christ Church, Willaston, Church of England, archived from the original on 23 October 2013, retrieved 21 February 2012
  2. Historic England, "Christ Church, Willaston (1387703)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 February 2012
  3. Carne, B.G.; Crossley Evans, M.J. (2003). "Thomas Fulljames: An almost Forgotten Gloucestershire Architect and his work in Lancashire and Cheshire". Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. 152: 133–152.
  4. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 667–668, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
  5. Cheshire, Willaston, Christ Church, The Village (N01136), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 21 February 2012
  6. WILLASTON (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 4 February 2013
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