Chancel Arch

The final result is beautiful and we’re so pleased the artwork has been restored.

Last year we raised funds to repair our chancel arch which was left in need of repair due to water damage a few years previously.

No date is recorded for the original painting on the arch, but the inscription round the east window seems to match the tablets beneath and the work probably dates from soon after the completion of the church. It is said to have been repainted in c1992, but part of that over the chancel arch has had to be removed (2014) because of necessary repairs to the fabric.

Christ Church is an intact and distinctive Gothic Revival church, by A.D. Gough. The outstanding exterior feature is its attractive bell tower. This church is characterised by its flowing tracery and naturalistic carved detail. The fittings are not exceptional, but the painted texts and frieze are noteworthy. The church incorporates a World War II Memorial in its vestry.