Christ Church, Higher Bebington
| Christ Church, Higher Bebington | ||
|---|---|---|
Consecrated 24 December 1859 | | |
| Architecture | ||
| Groundbreaking | 1 August 1857 | |
| Completed | 1859 | |
| Specifications | ||
| Materials | Sandstone, slate roofs | |
| Administration | ||
| Province | York | |
| Diocese | Chester | |
| Archdeaconry | Chester | |
| Deanery | Wirral, North | |
| Parish | Christ Church, Higher Bebington | |
| Clergy | ||
| Vicar(s) | Rev. Michael Loach | |
| Laity | ||
| Reader(s) | Ted Jones, Jill Wright | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Rhona Snelson, Alan Jackson | |
| Parish administrator | Victoria Gleave & Judith Nederlof | |
Christ Church is in King's Road,
Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wirral, North, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]
History
Christ Church was built between 1857 and 1859, and designed by Walter Scott.consecrated by the Rt Revd John Graham, bishop of Chester on 24 December 1859.[5] The steeple was added in 1884–85, but the tip of the spire was lost in 1980.[3]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is constructed in
plate tracery and three trefoil-headed east windows, and the organ loft has three lancets with a spherical triangle window above. The tower has angle buttresses, a west entrance, and a north two-light window with plate tracery. The bell openings are louvred with trefoil heads. The tower is surmounted by a shingled broach spire.[2] Set into the wall of the porch is a stone bearing the fossilized footprint of a Chirotherium, an archosaur.[2][3]
Interior
Inside the church the six-bay
C. E. Kempe, and on the north side is one of 1961 by A. V. Holloway. The windows in the north aisle date from between 1927 and 1937, and were made by Morris & Co.[3] The three-manual pipe organ was made in 1936 by Rushworth and Dreaper.[6]
See also
Notes and references
Notes
Citations
- ^ Christ Church, Higher Bebington, Church of England, retrieved 27 November 2013
- ^ a b c d e f Historic England, "Christ Church, Higher Bebington (1075450)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 November 2013
- ^ ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
- ^ a b Christ Church, Higher Bebington, Wirral History & Heritage Association, retrieved 27 November 2013
- ^ The Building, Christ Church, Higher Bebington, archived from the original on 25 December 2013, retrieved 27 November 2013
- National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 27 November 2013