Description

ELLESMERE PORT & NESTON STATION ROAD SJ 47 NW (west side) 3/60 - Christ Church - II 1869-71. Ellesmere Port Parish Church near site of earlier Chapel of Ease of Eastham Parish (demolished). Cruciform design, apparently on a limited budget, well composed with intersecting roofs of nave, chancel, short transepts and vestry. Small diminishing pyramidal spire with louvred belfry. Square rock- faced sandstone rubble walls. 3 light east window with geometric tracery; 3- light windows to spacious 4 bay aisleless nave, and 2-light to transepts, with plate tracery. INTERIOR: Interior largely unaltered. Collar braced cusped arched softwood trusses to nave roof; more massive trusses to chancel. Flat pointed arches between nave and 1 bay transepts. Stone pulpit with cusped arches and marble columns; circular stone font.

Listing NGR: SJ4042676946

External Links

• Christ Church, Ellesmere Port at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5108682

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)