Description

SK 23 NE PARISH OF TRUSLEY LONG LANE
2/59 (South Side)
Christ Church
II

Church. 1859 by Evans of Hine and Evans of Nottingham, with
tower and vestry added in 1874. Red brick with stone and
Staffordshire blue brick dressings. Steeply pitched plain tile
roofs, with diaper work to nave, and stone coped gables on
moulded kneelers. Plinth with stone copings, continuous blue
brick flush hoods and moulded eaves cornice in similar bricks.
Four bay nave and two bay chancel with adjoining tower and
vestry to north. West elevation has a stepped triple lancet
window, each lancet with a trefoil head to centre and diagonal
buttresses to either side. North elevation has four pairs of
adjoining trefoil headed lancets with stepped buttresses
between. To east is the three stage tower with blank first
stage to the top of which is a moulded stringcourse and pairs of
slit windows to each side, those to east and west now covered by
clockfaces. Above again, to east and west faces, are single
3-light plate tracery, louvred bell openings linked by a
continuous sill stringcourse, over which is steeply pitched
saddleback roof with stone coped gables. Below, to east is the
north vestry with a canted north elevation, each side with a
single trefoil headed lancet and to the east is a pointed
chamfered doorcase. The 3-light plate tracery east window has
blue brick diaper work above and below, whilst the south
elevation of the chancel has three trefoil headed lancets.
South nave elevation has two pairs of adjoining trefoil headed
lancets with buttress between to east, and south porch and
similar pair of lancets to west. Gabled porch has double
chamfered pointed doorcase with small buttresses to either side.
Interior has double chamfered brick chancel arch with pierced
timber soffit moulding, supported on column corbels with
waterleaf capitals, also scissor truss roofs and plain
contemporary pews. The chancel has cusped panelling to dado
height and barleysugar balusters to altar rails. To north side
of chancel is a large painted 1874 organ and to south side is a
C20 marble pulpit. Contemporary stone font in nave with
octagonal bowl. Stained glass to all chancel windows, those to
the side c1863 and the east windows of 1874, also 1908 window to
south side of nave.

Listing NGR: SK2520838025

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Christ Church, Long Lane at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q21008675

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