2014
TL4558 : Christ Church
taken 12 years ago, near to Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
This is 1 of 10 images, with title Christ Church in this square
Christ Church
Here viewed through bare trees, the church was completed in 1839 to serve the outskirts of Cambridge then expanding along the Newmarket Road. The design by Ambrose Poynter is inspired by King's College chapel (but executed in cheap red brick, with stone reserved only for the quoins) just as his St Paul's Church in Hills Road echoes Great St Mary's.
The extension at the entrance (liturgically the west front, but geographically north) was designed by BFA Architects in conjunction with David Llewellyn of Priory Heritage and completed in 2013. Described by Pevsner's reviser Simon Bradley as "unsympathetic", it replaces the "ugly porch" the authors of the Cambridgeshire Churches site found when they attempted to visit the church in 2009. Link
(Archive Link )
For a close-up of the extension, complete with reflections of neighbouring buildings, see Kim Fyson's TL4558 : Christ Church, Newmarket Road and for the chancel end see TL4558 : Christ Church, Cambridge.
The extension at the entrance (liturgically the west front, but geographically north) was designed by BFA Architects in conjunction with David Llewellyn of Priory Heritage and completed in 2013. Described by Pevsner's reviser Simon Bradley as "unsympathetic", it replaces the "ugly porch" the authors of the Cambridgeshire Churches site found when they attempted to visit the church in 2009. Link
(Archive Link ) For a close-up of the extension, complete with reflections of neighbouring buildings, see Kim Fyson's TL4558 : Christ Church, Newmarket Road and for the chancel end see TL4558 : Christ Church, Cambridge.
Church of Christ Church, Cambridge
Christ Church was consecrated by Joseph Allen, Bishop of Ely, on 27 June 1839. It had been built at a cost of £3,800.
Christ Church stands in the parish of St Andrew the Less. St Andrew's Church, known today as the Abbey Church, was closed for public worship by the time Christ Church was built. For this reason Christ Church was used as the parish church and in January 1846 the arrangement was formalized legally. The interior of Christ Church is 58 feet wide, 87 feet long, and at 44 feet high. Rather than the usual east–west orientation, Christ Church faces south. Stained glass was fitted in 1885.
Grade II listed. Link
![Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/somerights20.gif){kind=small}
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
- Grid Square
- TL4558, 4945 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Tiger (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 9 February, 2014 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Monday, 10 February, 2014
- Subject Location
-
OSGB36:
TL 458 587 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:12.4713N 0:7.9929E - Camera Location
-
OSGB36: TL 458 588
- View Direction
- Southeast (about 135 degrees)
