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Christ Church, Wheelock
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Location Wheelock, Cheshire
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website Christ Church, Wheelock
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Alfred Price (chancel 1903)
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1836
Completed 1902
Specifications
Materials Brick
Administration
Parish Wheelock
Deanery Congleton
Archdeaconry Macclesfield
Diocese Chester
Province York

Christ Church is in Crewe Road, Wheelock, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is united with those of St John the Evangelist, Sandbach Heath, and St Philip, Hassall Green.

History

The nave of the church was built in 1836 as a chapel of ease. It was dedicated to Christ in 1843 by the Bishop of Chester. The chancel was added in 1903, the architect being Alfred Price.

Architecture

The church is constructed in brick. Its windows are lancets, with a triple lancet at the west end. Also at the west end is a gabled bellcote.

External features

In the church yard is a stone war memorial dating from about 1920 with a soldier in battledress.

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