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Coordinates: 53°2615N 2°3236W / 53.4374°N 2.5433°W / 53.4374; -2.5433
 

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Christ Church, Croft
Christ Church, Croft, from the west
Christ Church, Croft is located in Cheshire
Christ Church, Croft

Christ Church, Croft

Location in Cheshire

53°26′15N 2°32′36W / 53.4374°N 2.5433°W / 53.4374; -2.5433
OS grid referenceSJ 640,936
LocationLady Lane, Croft, Cheshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteChrist Church, Croft
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated29 November 1833
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated9 August 1966
Architect(s)Edward Blore
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking1832
Completed1833
Construction cost£2,667
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseLiverpool
ArchdeaconryWarrington
DeaneryWinwick
ParishCroft with Southworth
Clergy
RectorRevd Dr C J Stafford

Christ Church is in Lady Lane, Croft, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Winwick, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. Its benefice is united with that of Newchurch.[1] The church is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[2] It was a Commissioners' church and had received a grant for its building from the Church Building Commission.[3]

History[edit]

The church was built between 1832 and 1833 to a design by Edward Blore.[4] A grant of £1,457 (equivalent to £170,000 in 2023)[5] was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission.[3] Its total cost was £2,667. The church was consecrated on 29 November 1833 by the Bishop of Chester.[6]

From 1839 until 1892, the rector of Croft with Southworth was Thomas Penyngton Kirkman, who in addition to his ministerial work was also a mathematician, for whom Kirkman triple systems are named.[7]

Architecture[edit]

Christ Church is constructed in red sandstone with slate roofs. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave, a short chancel, and a steeple at the southwest corner. The tower is square with angle buttresses, a doorway on the east side, lancet windows on the south and west faces, and bell openings consisting of twin louvred lancets. The summit of the tower broaches into a hexagonal drum with louvred lucarnes, above which is the spire, also containing lucarnes. All the windows in the church are lancets.[2]

Inside the church is a small west gallery. Also present are panels inscribed with the Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer.[4] The reredos is in coloured marble and Caen stone. The stained glass in the east window is by Mayer of Munich. It depicts the Good Shepherd flanked by Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The other Windows are by Shrigley and Hunt.[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Christ Church, Croft w Southworth, Church of England, retrieved 15 December 2011
  • ^ a b Historic England. "Christ's Church, Croft (1329750)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  • ^ a b 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
  • ^ a b Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 164–165, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
  • ^ UKRetail 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.
  • ^ a b History, Newchurch and Christ Church, Culcheth and Croft, archived from the original on 26 April 2012, retrieved 15 December 2011
  • ^ Biggs, N. L. (1981), "T. P. Kirkman, mathematician", The Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 13 (2): 97–120, doi:10.1112/blms/13.2.97, MR 0608093.

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