Description

SE 11 SW SLADES LANE
(Helme)
2/42
Christ Church

II

Gothic Revival church in Decorated style. Built 1859. Endowed by
Charles Brook of Healey House, in memory of Charles John Brook of
Thickhollins. Rock faced stone. Steeply pitched red plain tiled
roof which becomes more shallow over aisles. Square tower in south-
west corner. 4-bay buttressed nave. 2-bay chancel. Aisle windows
are 3-light some with intersecting and some with reticulated tracery.
5-light east window and 4-light west window, both with Decorated tracery.
South porch of timber on dwarf walls. 2-tier square tower with angle
buttresses with off-sets. Small 2-light traceried, louvred bell
chamber openings and round clock'faces, all, with hood moulds. Eaves
cornice to tower which is surmounted by slender splay-footed shingled
spire.

Interior: 4-bay arcade to north and south, on short octagonal piers.
Arches are double chamfered. Long, light chancel with carved stone
reredos, in form of blind arcade, with carved foliage in spandrels.
Painted texts on walls including the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and
the Ten Commandments. Good gilded eagle lect of 1908 with Art
Nouveau stem. No stained glass. Arched braced collar beam roof
on corbel brackets.

Listing NGR: SE1009611869

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26587638

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)