Building record 1245690000 - CHRIST CHURCH, WATERSIDE

Summary

Late nineteenth century church of Christ Church, with early twentieth century alterations and restoration

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 43630: CHRIST CHURCH (DBC7070)

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Type and Period (1)

  • ANGLICAN CHURCH (Built 1864, 19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. 1864 by Raphael Brandon. Restored and altered 1913. Flint rubble, stone dressings. C15 and C14 styles. Nave, chancel, south aisle and porch (B1).
Built 1862-4. Flint, without a tower. S aisle. Lancets, quatrefoil clerestory wondows (B2).
Chesham's expanding industrial district of Waterside was given its own church in 1864. Christ Church was capable of seating 350 people (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC3584 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p47.
  • <2>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p238.
  • <3>SBC19475 Bibliographic reference: Hunt J. 1997. Chesham A Pictorial History. Caption to plate 99.

Location

Grid reference SP 96435 00870 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Oct 4 2020 2:19PM

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