Christ Church, Walmsley
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Christ Church, Walmsley, from the northwest
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| Coordinates: 53°37′25″N 2°26′20″W / 53.6236°N 2.4389°W | |
| OS grid reference | SD 711,142 |
| Location | Blackburn Road, Walmsley, Egerton, Greater Manchester |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | Christ Church, Walmsley |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 3 October 1839 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 19 August 1986 |
| Architect(s) | Edmund Sharpe |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Years built | 1837-1867 |
| Groundbreaking | 1837 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Walmsley |
| Deanery | Walmsley |
| Archdeaconry | Bolton |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Revd Stephen Parsons |
Christ Church is in Blackburn Road, Walmsley, Egerton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the deanery of Walmsley, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
Walmsley was the old name for the present village of Egerton. The first known building there was originally a chapel of ease in the ancient parish of Bolton le Moors. The date that this original chapel was built is not known, but the Diocesan Church Calendar stated that it existed in 1500 and the first documentary evidence appears to be in the "Inventories of Church Goods 1552". The chapel was rebuilt in 1771, but was demolished in 1839. Colonel JW Slater had the old site excavated in the early 1900s and found three older layers under the Georgian chapel, the lowest, he supposed to be of late Saxon origin, being an equal-legged cross in plan. The upper layers had an extended main leg. The church was originally completed in 1839 and designed by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe. It was the first substantial church with aisles to be designed by Sharpe. Although the estimated cost was £2,150, the actual cost was £3,557 (equivalent to £280,000 in 2015), towards which a grant of £300 was given by the Incorporated Church Building Society. The church provided seating for 512 people. It was consecrated on 3 October 1839 by Rt Rev John Bird Sumner, then the Bishop of Chester.Organ and Quire Gallery added 1843, Chancel, Organ Chamber, Vicar's Vestry and Transepts were added in 1867 to the design of Edward Paley of Sharpe and Paley, Lancaster.
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