Christ Church, Ellesmere Port

Christ Church, Ellesmere Port
Christ Church and the cemetery
Christ Church, Ellesmere Port Location in Cheshire
53.2861°N 2.8951°W / 53.2861; -2.8951
OS grid reference	SJ 404 770
Location	Station Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Elim Pentecostal
History
Status	Former parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	17 May 1985
Architect(s)	Penson and Ritchie Barnish and Grayson
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1869
Completed	1925
Closed	1 April 1994
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone
Clergy
Minister(s)	Revd Peter Israel Peters

Christ Church is an Elim Pentecostal Church in Station Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[1]

History

Christ Church was built as an Anglican church in 1869–71, the architects being Penson and Ritchie. The nave was extended to the west in 1922–25 by Barnish and Grayson.^[2] The church was declared redundant on 1 April 1994.^[3] The building was bought in 2010 by the Oasis Christian Centre for £25,000. It was renovated and opened as an Elim Pentecostal Church in March 2011.^[4]

Architecture

The church is constructed in sandstone rubble. Its plan is cruciform consisting of a four bay nave, a chancel, single-bay north and south transepts, and a vestry.^[1] On the south side is a tower,^[2] with louvred bell openings and a pyramidal spire. The east window has three lights and contains Geometric tracery. the nave windows also have three lights, and those in the transepts have two lights.^[1] Both the vestry and the transepts are gabled.^[2]

External features

The churchyard contains 26 war graves, those of 25 British Army soldiers of World War I, and a Royal Navy seaman of World War II.^[5]

See also

• Listed buildings in Ellesmere Port

References

1. Historic England, "Christ Church, Ellesmere Port (1138822)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 February 2012
2. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 355, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
3. Diocese of Chester: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2010, p. 3, retrieved 13 February 2012
4. Stocks-Moore, Laurie (9 March 2011), "Official opening for renovated church building in Ellesmere Port", Ellesmere Port Pioneer, Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales, archived from the original on 20 April 2013, retrieved 7 February 2013
5. ELLESMERE PORT (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 2 February 2013