Christ Church, Bradford-on-Avon

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Christ Church, Bradford-on-Avon
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Christ Church, Bradford-on-Avon
General information
Architectural style Victorian
Town or city Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
CountryEngland
Coordinates 51°21′04″N2°14′56″W / 51.351°N 2.249°W / 51.351; -2.249 Coordinates: 51°21′04″N2°14′56″W / 51.351°N 2.249°W / 51.351; -2.249
Completed1841
Technical details
Structural systemOolitic limestone masonry walls with iron clamps
Design and construction
Architect(s) G. P. Manners
Listed Building – Grade II*
Reference no.1036077 [1]

The Anglican Christ Church is in the northern Hillside Terraces district of Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England. It is in the Bradford Deanery of the Diocese of Salisbury.

Early in the 19th century, people in this area of town objected to going down the hill to the northern town centre to their parish church, the originally Norman church of Holy Trinity, which was considered to be "in a bad part of the town." The church was in need of repair and the nearby Saxon Church of St Lawrence across the road from Holy Trinity was yet to be discovered. [2]

The new parish of Christ Church was created and a new structure was commissioned to be designed by Bath architect G. P. Manners in 1839. Consecrated in 1841, it was "originally...a simple design with plain walls, clear glass windows and stone flagged floors and was in the Perpendicular style." Later Victorian taste in churches was for something more elaborate, so in 1875 it was "restored" by Sir George Gilbert Scott; the east end was rebuilt, with an extra bay beyond the east wall to form a sanctuary. After Scott's death in 1878, interior work was overseen by his son John Oldrid Scott. Further work in 1884 included the addition of a south porch, and in 1919 C.E. Ponting added the south chapel as a war memorial to C. Eric Moulton. [1]

The church has a ring of eight bells cast in 1923 by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon. [3]

The church was designated as Grade II* listed in 1952. [1] Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as a "big, prosperous church". [4] Today the parish forms part of the North Bradford-on-Avon benefice. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England. "Christ Church (1036077)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Christ Church, Bradford on Avon". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bradford on Avon: Christ Church". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. Wiltshire. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 131. ISBN   0-14-0710-26-4.
  5. ↑ "Christ Church, Bradford on Avon". The Churches of North Bradford on Avon. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
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