Church in Cheshire, England
Christ Church, Barnton Christ Church, Barnton, from the southeast
53°16′08″N 2°32′45″W / 53.2689°N 2.5459°W / 53.2689; -2.5459 OS grid reference SJ 637 748 Location Barnton , Cheshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website Christ Church, Barnton Status Parish church Founded 25 October 1841 Consecrated 7 October 1842 Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 18 July 1986 Architect(s) Edmund Sharpe (attributed)Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Construction cost £1,400Error when using {{ Inflation }} : |end_year=2,025 (parameter 4) is greater than the latest available year (2,023 ) in index "UK ". as of 2025) Materials Sandstone and brickSlate roofsProvince York Diocese Chester Archdeaconry Chester Deanery Great Budworth Parish Christ Church, Barnton Vicar(s) Revd Paul Newman Assistant Beryl Dickens Reader(s) Christina Westwell Organist(s) Harry Davenport Churchwarden(s) Dorothy Slaney, Ian Stanley Parish administrator Ann Smith
Christ Church, Barnton , is in the village of Barnton , Cheshire , England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Great Budworth, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester .[ 1] English Heritage as a Grade II listed building .[ 2]
History
Christ Church was built in 1841–42. The foundation stone was laid on 25 October 1841, and the church was consecrated on 7 October 1842 by Rt Revd John Bird Sumner , Bishop of Chester . The land for the church cost £30 (£Error when using {{ Inflation }} : |end_year=2,025 (parameter 4) is greater than the latest available year (2,023 ) in index "UK ". as of 2025),[ 3] Error when using {{ Inflation }} : |end_year=2,025 (parameter 4) is greater than the latest available year (2,023 ) in index "UK ". as of 2025).[ 3] [ 4] St Matthew's Church, Stretton , Archdeacon of Chester, and a member of the Greenall's family, brewers in Warrington .[ 5] Edmund Sharpe of Lancaster .[ 5] [ 4]
A considerable restoration was undertaken in 1888, which included covering the internal brick walls with cement rendering . In 1899 the church was extended at the east end by enlarging the nave and the chancel , and installing a new east window. A new organ chamber was built on the south side of the church, and the vicar's vestry on the north side was demolished. The extension was consecrated on 19 September 1900 by Revd Francis Jayne , Bishop of Chester.[ 5] [ 2]
Architecture
The church is constructed in Runcorn red sandstone , and its interior is lined with red brick.[ 4] slate roof. The plan consists of an eight-bay nave and chancel in one range, a south porch, and a south chapel containing the organ. At the west end is a double bellcote . The bays along the sides of the nave are divided by buttresses , and each bay contains a lancet window . There are triple lancet windows at the east and west ends of the church.[ 2]
Inside the church is a gallery at the west end carried on cast iron columns. The reredos contains Gothic arcading and a carving of the Last Supper .[ 2] Bath stone pulpit had been made in 1842 for St Helen Witton Church, Northwich , and was moved to Christ Church in 1888, having been bought for £10 (£Error when using {{ Inflation }} : |end_year=2,025 (parameter 4) is greater than the latest available year (2,023 ) in index "UK ". as of 2025).[ 3] [ 5] Nikolaus Pevsner and Edward Hubbard describe the pulpit as being "Puginesquely elaborate".[ 6] manual organ was built in 1913 by Wadsworth and Brother, and may contain pipework from an earlier organ.[ 7]
See also
References
^ Christ Church, Barnton Church of England , retrieved 4 August 2011 ^ a b c d "Christ Church, Barnton" , The National Heritage List for England , English Heritage , 2011, retrieved 4 August 2011 ^ a b c UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" . MeasuringWorth . Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ a b c Hughes, John M. (2010), Edmund Sharpe: Man of Lancaster , John M. Hughes, p. 134 ^ a b c d Christ Church History , retrieved 5 August 2011 ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus ; Hubbard, Edward (2003) [1971], Cheshire , The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press , p. 71, ISBN 0-300-09588-0 ^ Cheshire, Barnton, Christ Church (N04332) British Institute of Organ Studies , retrieved 4 August 2011
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