Christ Church (Kildrought) — The Slip

Detached six-bay double-height over part basement Church of Ireland Church, built 1883-4, on a rectangular plan comprising five-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (east); single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting open porch to ground floor. Pitched slate roofs with crested terracotta ridge tiles, lichen-spotted cut-sandstone chamfered to gables on roll topped gabled kneelers including lichen-spotted cut-sandstone chamfered coping to gable (east) on roll topped gabled kneelers with Celtic Cross finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on dentilated cut-sandstone chamfered cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Snecked rock faced limestone battered walls with cut-sandstone quoins to corners. Cusped lancet window openings on lichen-spotted cut-sandstone chamfered sill course, cut-sandstone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Cinquefoil-detailed pointed-arch window opening (east) with cut-sandstone Y-mullion, and cut-sandstone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding framing fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Cusped lancet window openings ("cheeks") with cut-sandstone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Lancet window opening (tower) with hammered sandstone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing iron mesh storm panel over fixed-pane fitting. Cusped lancet window opening (second stage) with hammered sandstone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing iron mesh storm panel over fixed-pane fitting having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Paired lancet window openings (bell stage), cut-sandstone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing louvered fittings. Full-height interior open into roof with Gothic-style font (west) on plinth, terracotta tiled central aisle between timber pews, stained glass memorial windows (----), exposed pointed-arch braced hammerbeam timber roof construction on corbels with wind braced rafters on carved timber cornice, Gothic-style pulpit with Gothic-style clerk's desk, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing encaustic tiled stepped dais to chancel (east) with Gothic-style reredos below stained glass memorial "East Window" (1892). Set back from line of street with cut-sandstone banded limestone ashlar piers to perimeter having chamfered capping supporting cast-iron double gates.