Description

SJ 28 NE WALLASEY UPTON ROAD
(west side)
Moreton

5/72 Christ Church
29.1.87
- II

Church. 1862-3. By Cunningham and Audsley. Snecked stone
with roof of hexagonal slates. 4-bay nave, north west tower
and spire, transept, and chancel and south vestry. Nave to
west end has stepped triple lancets, the central lancet with
tracery; roundel above has interlaced star of David. South
side has alternating 2-light windows with Geometrical
tracery between weathered buttresses. Gabled porch has
diagonal buttresses, entrance of one order and 3-light side
windows with colonnettes. Tower to north has angle
buttresses, 2-light west window, similar window to north
with rose window above, canted stair turret with entrance in
square base to east. Stepped triple louvred bell-openings.
Corbelled cornice with gargoyles, octagonal crocketed
pinnacles and broach spire with 3 tiers of lucarnes. North
transept has angle buttresses and north spherical triangle
window. 2-bay chancel has angle buttresses, 4-light east
window and paired lancets to north and south. Vestry has
segmental-pointed entrance, dripstone and blind light above.

Listing NGR: SJ2619189820

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26647646

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version