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Christ Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Tintwistle, Derbyshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.4719 / 53°28'18"N

Longitude: -1.9686 / 1°58'6"W

OS Eastings: 402182

OS Northings: 397236

OS Grid: SK021972

Mapcode National: GBR GXP9.L5

Mapcode Global: WHB9L.QZSS

Plus Code: 9C5WF2CJ+PH

Entry Name: Christ Church

Listing Date: 15 March 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1087996

English Heritage Legacy ID: 82169

Also known as: Christ Church, Tintwistle

ID on this website: 101087996

Location: Christ Church, Tintwistle, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK13

County: Derbyshire

District: High Peak

Civil Parish: Tintwistle

Built-Up Area: Tintwistle

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire

Church of England Parish: Tintwistle Christ Church

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: Church building

Description


SK 09 NW PARISH OF TINTWISTLE CHURCH STREET 4/25 (South Side) Christ Church GV II

Church. 1837. Coursed gritstone and gritstone ashlar. Slate roofs. Nave with projecting tower and flanking porches at the west end and lower chancel with north vestry. The chancel and vestry are a slightly later addition. Tall lancet windows with Y tracery, five to north and south side of nave divided by buttresses with two set-offs. West tower with angle buttresses, Y-traceried west window with one transom, tall single lancet bell openings and four pinnacles. The east window also has a transom. The west porches fill the angles between the tower and nave. They have doorways to each face with four-centred arches and labels. Gothic panelled doors. The interior is still in the tradition of the Georgian 'preaching box'. Raked gallery on three sides supported on cast iron columns. Gallery fronts with gothic tracery set within square 'classical' panels. Complete box pews. Stained glass by Mayer & Co Ltd of Munich and London, in the east window 1874, north aisle east window 1895 and in the second window from the east on the south side. South east upper window 1922 by C E Kempe.

Listing NGR: SK0218297236

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