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Christ Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Denton, Tameside

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.456 / 53°27'21"N

Longitude: -2.1218 / 2°7'18"W

OS Eastings: 392006

OS Northings: 395477

OS Grid: SJ920954

Mapcode National: GBR FXMG.FV

Mapcode Global: WHB9Q.CDVF

Plus Code: 9C5VFV4H+97

Entry Name: Christ Church

Listing Date: 27 November 1967

Last Amended: 14 July 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1067969

English Heritage Legacy ID: 212701

Also known as: Christ Church, Denton

ID on this website: 101067969

Location: Christ Church, Denton, Tameside, Greater Manchester, M34

County: Tameside

Electoral Ward/Division: Denton West

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Denton

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Denton Christ Church

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

Tagged with: Church building

Description


DENTON MANCHESTER ROAD SJ 99 NW (south side)

4/48 Christ Church 27/11/67 (formerly listed as Church of Christ)

G.V. II

Church. 1848-53. By G.G.Scott for the Church Commissioners. Hammer-dressed stone with slate roof. Nave and aisles (no clerestory) each under a pitched roof. North-west tower, chancel. Gothic revival. Plain exterior has 4-bay aisles with projecting plinth and weathered buttresses placed at corners only. Each bay has a 2-light window with plate tracery. Similar windows to 3-bay nave but with hoodmoulds and carved stops. 4-light east window and 3-light west window with geometrical tracery. Coped gables with finials. The 3-stage tower has bold angled buttresses, an arched door beneath a gable, lancet openings at second stage, paired lancet belfry openings with clock faces above, and a broach spire with lucarnes Interior: double-chamfered nave arcade with alternating circular and octagonal columns with moulded capitals and bases. Arch-braced roof trusses spring from carved corbels Waggon roof to chancel. Alabaster font and pulpit. Stained glass. Timber fittings. The 2 west bays and the north aisle have been partitioned off in C20.

Listing NGR: SJ9200695477

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