Christ Church, Barnston

Christ Church is in the village of Barnston, near Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, England. The church was built in 1870–71, and designed by G. E. Street. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.HistoryThe church was built in 1870–71, and was designed by G. E. Street. A west vestry was added later.ArchitectureChrist Church is constructed in rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings, and has a tiled roof. Its plan consists of a nave, a chancel, a northwest porch, and north and west vestries. At the west end there are buttresses that rise to terminate in an octagonal bell-turret. The windows are cusped lancets, those in the nave have varying designs. The east window has three lights and contains Geometrical tracery. Inside the church is a 20th-century octagonal font, a pulpit with traceried panels, and a timber screen on a stone base with a trefoil frieze and Tudor roses. The choir stalls have large fleur-de-lys poppyheads. The stained glass includes windows by Powells and by Clayton and Bell.

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