Listed Building: CHRIST CHURCH (1333460)

Church. 1874. By J Colson. Flint with stone dressings. Plain tiled roofs. STYLE: Neo-Norman. PLAN: 4-bay aisled nave, 1-bay chancel with apsidal end, north organ loft and south vestry and chapel. South-west tower and entrance porch. EXTERIOR: tower: 3 stages with clasping pilaster buttresses, stone coped plinth. West face: 1st stage, at centre is a 2-leaf round-headed boarded door with ornate iron strap hinges set under round stone arch with zig-zag ornament, banded hoodmould, rusticated stone jambs and flanking colonnettes. 2nd stage, shallow clasping pilasters. Small narrow splayed stone round-headed window with diamond pattern leaded lights and plain glass, oculus above and stone band. 3rd stage, 2 narrow splayed stone openings with round arch each with horizontal louvres. Stone hoodmould and band. Stone parapet and coping. South face is similar to west except 1st stage which has 2 narrow round-headed windows. North and east faces have similar 3rd stage louvred windows. To left of tower the nave west face has 2 long narrow windows each set under stone round arch with rusticated jambs. Clasping buttress at north corner. At high level is an oculus with plain stone surround. Facing gable and stone finial. To left of nave the recessed face of the north aisle has a 2-light stone window, each light set under a round stone arch with round stone relieving arch over the pair. To right corner at abutment with nave is a stone porch with round-headed boarded door. South face of aisle has 4 paired stone round-headed windows with rusticated jambs. Flanking pilaster buttresses. Chancel with lower roof has similar but shorter paired window. Apse at east face has 3 wide round-headed stone windows, short flanking pilaster buttresses with stone weathered caps. Stone parapet. To left of apse (south) the vestry and chapel has boarded entrance door set under round stone arch with rusticated jambs. Adjacent to doorway stone steps lead to boiler room. To right of apse (north) is a similar doorway. INTERIOR: nave arcades with stone columns, 'Norman' capitals and moulded stone round arches. Nave and chancel have boarded ceilings with timber trussed rafter roofs. Aisles have scissor braced roofs with boarded ceilings. The east windows have stained glass, aisle windows stained glass by Mr Farrer Bell (c1952-61) commemorating various local figures. The two west windows have D-Day (2nd World War) memorial stained glass by Reginald Bell (c1948). (Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 127; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Lloyd DW: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1973-: 468). Selected Sources Book Reference - Author: Lloyd, D W - Title: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs - Date: 1974 - Page References: 127 Book Reference - Author: Pevsner, N and Lloyd, D - Title: The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - Date: 1973 - Page References: 468