Christ Church, Ottershaw

Christ Church, Ottershaw
Christ Church, Ottershaw
Christ Church, Ottershaw is located in Surrey
Christ Church, Ottershaw
Christ Church, Ottershaw
Location in Surrey
51°21′39.5″N 0°32′6.7″W / 51.360972°N 0.535194°W / 51.360972; -0.535194
LocationGuildford Road, Ottershaw, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 0PB
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
DenominationAnglican
Websitewww.ottershawchurch.com
History
Founded1863
Founder(s)Sir Edward Colebrooke
Consecrated1864
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Architect(s)Sir George Gilbert Scott
Architectural typeChurch
Administration
ProvinceProvince of Canterbury
DioceseDiocese of Guildford
ArchdeaconryDorking
DeaneryRunnymede
Clergy
Vicar(s)Mark Potter
Minister(s)Brian Seymour (PTO)
Laity
Reader(s)Nigel Perryman
TreasurerRoger Pashley
Churchwarden(s)Denise Williams, Bob Scott
Parish administratorChloe McCarthy
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameChristchurch
Designated18 June 1973
Reference no.1260037
Sir Edward Colebrooke, who founded the church

Christ Church, Ottershaw is a Church of England church on Guildford Road in the village of Ottershaw in the Runnymede district of Surrey, England, about 20 miles south-west of London. Grade II listed,[1] it was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811–78).[1]

Sir Edward Colebrooke (1813–90), who came to live in Ottershaw in 1859, built a chapel on his estate in 1863 as a memorial to his deceased son and heir.[2] Later this became the village church.

The church, one of the few polychromatic brick churches designed by Scott, retains most of its original features. A tower, the gift of Edward Gibb, was added in 1885 and new parish rooms in the 1990s.[1]

The nave and chancel windows, designed by Charles Eamer Kempe (1837–1907), contain several examples of Kempe's signature, a tiny wheatsheaf. They were installed in 1901, replacing the original plain glass. Kempe also designed the altarpiece. Installed in 1901, it was made by the Sussex-based firm Norman and Burt and incorporates wooden figures carved in Oberammergau,[1] in Bavaria, Germany.

Two Commonwealth servicemen of World War II – Leading Aircraftman George Barnett of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (who died on 17 October 1943) and Corporal Alexander Cook of the Worcestershire Regiment (who died on 21 September 1947) – are buried in the churchyard.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Historic England (18 June 1973). "Christchurch (1260037)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  2. ^ Binns, Sheila (2014). Sir Edward Colebrooke of Abington and Ottershaw, Baronet and Member of Parliament: The Four Lives of an Extraordinary Victorian. Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-17814-8694-8.
  3. ^ "Ottershaw (Christ Church) churchyard". Casualty records. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

Further reading

  • Binns, Sheila (2014): Sir Edward Colebrooke of Abington and Ottershaw, Baronet and Member of Parliament: The Four Lives of an Extraordinary Victorian, Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd, ISBN 978-17814-8694-8, 278 pp.

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