| Parish of Christ Church, Walshaw | |
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 Christ Church from the South West | |
  Parish of Christ Church, Walshaw Location in Greater Manchester | |
| 53°36′01″N2°20′21″W / 53.600251°N 2.339052°W /53.600251; -2.339052 | |
| OS grid reference | SD 775,116 |
| Location | High St,Walshaw Greater Manchester, England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical |
| Website | Christ Church, Walshaw |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 29 January 1985 |
| Architect | Lawrence Booth |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Years built | 1888 |
| Construction cost | £20,000 |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Archdeaconry | Bolton |
| Deanery | Bury |
| Parish | Christ Church, Walshaw |
Christ Church is an active church community on High Street inWalshaw, a village within theMetropolitan Borough of Bury Greater Manchester, England. Designed in theGothic Revival style byLawrence Booth in 1888, the building was funded by Rev John Gorrell Haworth and Miss Nancy Haworth,[1][2] and took four years to complete.[3] It was erected as a memorial toManchestercotton andfustian manufacturer Jesse Haworth, as noted prominently across the west facade of the building. The church is aGrade II* listed building.[1]
Thechurch is large, with an especially wide nave and has an "admirable" steeple at its southeast corner, visible from the town ofBury in the valley below.[4] The nave is crossed by two broad transepts, each two bays wide. Interior columns are ofgranite with shaft rings and in places the arcades feature double rows of columns.[4] The windows are in the Gothic style but, as Pevsner notes, they have "un-Gothic transoms."[4]
Internally, the church features a fine circular font, encrusted with stiff-leaf decoration.[4]
Thechurchyard containswar graves of three soldiers and twoairmen ofWorld War II.[5]
Christ Church has connections with the local community, including the church primary school and the local daynursery, and actively supports local voluntary secular and Christian mission agencies including Porch Boxesfood bank, Bury Street Pastors, and Bury's CAP Debt Centre. The parish also engages in national and international ministry through its support and partnership with 'Tearfund', the'Bible Society', 'Compassion' and 'The Bury Project: Christians Against Poverty'.[3]
Services are normally held at 11am every Sunday.
The church hosts midweek events including Walshaw Community Choir, a Baby & Toddler group, and occasional 'Cake & Chat' social occasions.
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