OS grid reference SJ 640,936 Denomination Anglican Consecrated 29 November 1833 Phone +44 1925 766300 | Country England Website Christ Church, Croft Opened 1833 Architect Edward Blore | |
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Location Lady Lane, Croft, Cheshire Address Lady Ln, Croft, Warrington WA3 7AU, UK Parish Christ Church, Croft with Southworth Similar All Saints Church - Scholar G, All Saints Church - Harthill, Christ Church - Crowton, All Saints' Church - Weston, Holy Trinity Church - Northwich | ||
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. The church is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.
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History
The church was built between 1832 and 1833 to a design by Edward Blore. A grant of £1,457 (equivalent to £120,000 in 2015) was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission. Its total cost was £2,667. The church was consecrated on 29 November 1833 by the Bishop of Chester.
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.
Architecture
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.
Inside the church is a small west gallery. Also present are panels inscribed with the Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer. 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 flaked by Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The other windows are by Shrigley and Hunt.