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Latitude: 53.456 / 53°27'21"N
Longitude: -2.1218 / 2°7'18"W
OS Eastings: 392006
OS Northings: 395477
OS Grid: SJ920954
Mapcode National: GBR FXMG.FV
Mapcode Global: WHB9Q.CDVF
Plus Code: 9C5VFV4H+97
Entry Name: Christ Church
Listing Date: 27 November 1967
Last Amended: 14 July 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1067969
English Heritage Legacy ID: 212701
ID on this website: 101067969
Location: Christ Church, Denton, Tameside, Greater Manchester, M34
County: Tameside
Electoral Ward/Division: Denton West
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Denton
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Denton Christ Church
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
Tagged with: Church building
DENTON MANCHESTER ROAD
SJ 99 NW (south side)
4/48 Christ Church
27/11/67 (formerly listed as Church of
Christ)
G.V. II
Church. 1848-53. By G.G.Scott for the Church Commissioners.
Hammer-dressed stone with slate roof. Nave and aisles (no
clerestory) each under a pitched roof. North-west tower,
chancel. Gothic revival. Plain exterior has 4-bay aisles
with projecting plinth and weathered buttresses placed at
corners only. Each bay has a 2-light window with plate
tracery. Similar windows to 3-bay nave but with hoodmoulds
and carved stops. 4-light east window and 3-light west
window with geometrical tracery. Coped gables with finials.
The 3-stage tower has bold angled buttresses, an arched door
beneath a gable, lancet openings at second stage, paired
lancet belfry openings with clock faces above, and a broach
spire with lucarnes Interior: double-chamfered nave arcade
with alternating circular and octagonal columns with moulded
capitals and bases. Arch-braced roof trusses spring from
carved corbels Waggon roof to chancel. Alabaster font and
pulpit. Stained glass. Timber fittings. The 2 west bays and
the north aisle have been partitioned off in C20.
Listing NGR: SJ9200695477
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