Christ_Church,_Adlington

Christ Church, Adlington

Christ Church, Adlington

Church in Lancashire, England

Christ Church is on Church Street, Adlington, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican church, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1]

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History

Christ Church was built in 1838–39, and designed by Edward Welch.[2] It was a Commissioners' Church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.[3] The total cost of the church was £1,560 (equivalent to £170,000 in 2023)[4] towards which a grant of £400 was given.[3] When St Paul's Church was built on a different site in the town in 1884, Christ Church became its chapel of ease.[5] Christ Church was declared redundant on 1 November 1980, and on 7 April 1982 it was approved for use as an office or for shopping.[6] As of 2013, it is in use as a restaurant.[7]

Architecture

The church is in Neo-Norman style.[2] It is built in ashlar stone with a slate roof. The church consists of a six-bay nave and a short chancel under one roof. At the west end is a two-stage tower. In the bottom stage of the tower are angle pilaster buttresses and a round-headed west door. The second stage contains two lancet windows on three of its sides, and above this is an octagonal drum.[1] There was originally a spire, but this has been removed.[2] Along the sides of the nave are pilaster buttresses and round-headed lancet windows. The east window consists of five stepped lancets. On the south side of the chancel is a priest's door.[1] The interior has been altered, but three panelled galleries have been retained.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Historic England, "Christ Church, Adlington (1362061)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 October 2013
  2. [2]
    Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 82, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
  3. [3]
    Port, M. H. (2006), 600 New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818–1856 (2nd ed.), Reading: Spire Books, p. 334, ISBN 978-1-904965-08-4
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    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 7 May 2024.
  5. [5]
    Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1911), "Townships: Adlington", A History of the County of Lancaster, Victoria County History, vol. 6, University of London & History of Parliament Trust, pp. 217–220, retrieved 29 October 2013
  6. [6]
    Diocese of Blackburn (PDF), Church of England, 1 October 2012, p. 1, retrieved 29 October 2013
  7. [7]
    Sharju Indian Restaurant, Lancashire Curry Club, archived from the original on 26 June 2014, retrieved 29 October 2013
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