Christ Church, Barnton
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Christ Church, Barnton, from the southeast
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 Christ Church, Barnton
Location in Cheshire
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| Coordinates: 53°16′08″N 2°32′45″W / 53.2689°N 2.5459°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 637,748 |
| Location | Barnton, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Christ Church, Barnton |
| History | |
| Founded | 25 October 1841 |
| Consecrated | 7 October 1842 |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 18 July 1986 |
| Architect(s) | Edmund Sharpe (attributed) |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Construction cost | £1,400 (£119,000 in 2015) |
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Sandstone and brick Slate roofs |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Christ Church, Barnton |
| Deanery | Great Budworth |
| Archdeaconry | Chester archdeaconry |
| Diocese | Diocese of Chester |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Paul Newman |
| Assistant | Beryl Dickens |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Christina Westwell |
| Organist(s) | Harry Davenport |
| Churchwarden(s) | Dorothy Slaney, Ian Stanley |
| Parish administrator | Ann Smith |
Christ Church is in the village of Barnton, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Great Budworth, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
Christ Church was built in 1841–42. The foundation stone was laid on 25 October 1841, and the church was consecrated on 7 October 1842 by John Sumner, Bishop of Chester. The land for the church cost £30 (equivalent to £2,500 in 2015), and the church itself cost £1,400 (equivalent to £119,000 in 2015). The cost of the land was met by Richard Greenall, vicar of St Matthew's Church, Stretton, Archdeacon of Chester, and a member of the Greenall's family, brewers in Warrington. The church website states that the architect was Edmund Sharpe of Lancaster. There is no other documentary evidence that Sharpe was the architect, but owing to the stylistic similarity of the design to his other works at about the same time it has been attributed to him.
A considerable restoration was undertaken in 1888, which included covering the internal brick walls with cement rendering. In 1899 the church was extended at the east end by enlarging the nave and the chancel, and installing a new east window. A new organ chamber was built on the south side of the church, and the vicar's vestry on the north side was demolished. The extension was consecrated on 19 September 1900 by Francis Jayne, Bishop of Chester. A small extension was added to the church in 1974.
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