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Christ Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Derry Hill, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4371 / 51°26'13"N

Longitude: -2.0551 / 2°3'18"W

OS Eastings: 396269

OS Northings: 170904

OS Grid: ST962709

Mapcode National: GBR 2SS.WSW

Mapcode Global: VHB41.B4FM

Plus Code: 9C3VCWPV+RX

Entry Name: Christ Church

Listing Date: 31 July 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1253593

English Heritage Legacy ID: 436848

ID on this website: 101253593

Location: Christ Church, Derry Hill, Wiltshire, SN11

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Calne Without

Built-Up Area: Derry Hill

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

Church of England Parish: Derry Hill Christ Church

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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Description


ST 97 SE CALNE WITHOUT CHURCH ROAD, Derry Hill
(north side)

2/48 Christ Church


II

Anglican parish church, 1839-40 by T.H. Wyatt and D. Brandon.
Squared rubble stone with ashlar dressings. Low pitched Bridgwater
tile roof with coped shouldered east gables to nave and chancel.
Simple Perpendicular Gothic with unaisled broad nave, shallow
chancel and thin west tower with recessed octagonal spire. Tower
has Tudor-arched west door, long mullion-and-transom window over
with blank upper lights and hoodmould, 2-light bell-openings and
parapet with stepped battlements. Shallow clasping buttresses and
small canted projections in angle to west wall of nave. Five-
window nave of square-headed 2-light windows with buttresses
between and shouldered gabled south porch. Chancel has stepped
parapet to projecting south porch and 3-light segmental-pointed
east window.
Interior almost unaltered with plain west gallery, broad nave roof
trusses and flat-roofed chancel, the chancel walls canted in from
nave with angle shafts carrying curved wooden brackets. Canted
wall to right has stone Gothic pulpit reached by stairs within
wall. Bright coloured east window to Mrs. Lysley, died 1865, one
other stained window to J. Spencer died 1881, the rest with
patterned quarries and coloured borders. In churchyard, not
included in listing, tombs of 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927)
and Marchioness (died 1932). The 5th Marquess was Governor General
of Canada 1883-8, Viceroy of India 1888-94 and Foreign Secretary
1900-5.


Listing NGR: ST9626970904

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