Christ Church, Eaton facts for kids

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Christ Church, Eaton, from the southwest
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OS grid reference	SJ 870 655
Location	Macclesfield Road, Eaton, Cheshire East
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Christ Church, Eaton
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	25 October 1985
Architect(s)	Raffles Brown
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1856
Completed	1858
Specifications
Materials	Stone, slate roof
Administration
Parish	Eaton with Hulme Walfield
Deanery	Congleton
Archdeaconry	Macclesfield
Diocese	Chester
Province	York

Christ Church is a historic church located on Macclesfield Road, also known as the A536 road. You can find it just south of the village of Eaton in Cheshire East, England. This church is an active Anglican parish church. It belongs to the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.

Christ Church is part of a group of churches that work together. This group includes St James and St Paul in Marton, All Saints in Siddington, and Holy Trinity in Capesthorne. The church is officially recognized as a Grade II listed building on the National Heritage List for England. This means it's an important historical building.

History of Christ Church

When Was Christ Church Built?

Christ Church was constructed between 1856 and 1858. The church was designed by an architect named Raffles Brown. Experts who wrote the Buildings of England series describe it as a "tiny church" with a "fantasy Gothic" style. This means it has a unique and imaginative design inspired by older Gothic buildings.

Exploring the Church's Architecture

What Is Christ Church Made Of?

The church is built using rough stone, called rubble stone. It has smooth, cut stone details, known as ashlar dressings. The roof is made of slate.

How Is the Church Designed?

The church's layout includes a main hall called a four-bay nave. It also has a chancel at the east end, which is where the altar is located. On the north side of the chancel, there's a small room called a vestry. There's a porch on the south side for entry.

The West Tower

A tall tower stands at the west end of the church. This tower has strong supports called angle buttresses. On the south side, where the tower meets the nave, there's a small stair turret. The top of the tower has a battlemented parapet, which looks like the top of a castle wall. A small pyramid-shaped roof sits on top of the tower.

The tower is built in three sections, or stages, sitting on a base called a plinth.

• The bottom stage has a two-light window on the west side. This window has a very pointed arch and decorative stone patterns called Decorated tracery.
• The middle stage has round clock faces. On the north and south sides, there's a narrow rectangular opening below each clock.
• The top stage holds the church bells. It has two tall, narrow windows, called lancet bell openings, on each side.

Inside the Church

Inside Christ Church, you'll see a special type of ceiling called a hammerbeam roof. This roof has decorative carvings called floral bosses.

The stained glass in the northeast window was a gift from the architect, Raffles Brown. It was made by a company called Forrest and Brownley from Liverpool. There's also another stained glass window from 1969, created by Francis Skeat.

The church has a ring of three bells. The oldest bell was made in 1815 by William Dobson. The other two bells were cast in 1876 by a company called John Taylor & Co.

Churchyard Features

The churchyard is the area around the church. It contains the war grave of an officer from the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who served in the Second World War.

See also

• Listed buildings in Eaton, Cheshire East