Christ Church, Bath

Heritage listing

Details JULIAN ROAD 656-1/0/0 (North side) Christ Church 12/06/50 GV II Church. 1795-1798 with later alterations. By John Palmer. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, rubblestone to north side, double Roman tile and slate roofs. Leaded windows. PLAN: Rectangular five-bay plan with projecting west tower and flanking porches. EXTERIOR: Gothick. East end has nine-sided semicircular apse with ornamental bracketed eaves cornice, continuous impost string course to pointed arched recesses over shallow pointed arched stained glass windows with star shaped recesses above, and moulded sill string course. Main block encircled by parapet with moulded coping and one merlon with shield to centre of each bay flanked by diagonal crocketed finials to off-set buttresses. Cornice below parapet has dynamic carved animals over buttresses. Clasping buttresses to corners support corbelled crenellated octagonal turrets. Tall three-light windows to galleries (two to right are stained glass) above aisles have interlaced tracery and label moulds that extend to buttresses. Lower three-light ground floor windows have label moulds to flat arches, three to left have elaborate carved panels of shields in quatrefoils flanking panels of cusped diagonal crosses below to lights, to inside-right shallow gabled porch with steps up to double planked doors under moulded pointed arch and hoodmould. West tower in four stages with shallow clasping pilasters up to coved cornice below a crenellated parapet that has crosses on simple obelisk finials, continuous hoodmoulds over two-light louvered openings and string course below sills. Third stage has clock to south side and recessed quatrefoil panels to other facets. Second stage has impost string, level with those of nave, over tall two-light pointed-arched windows (blind

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.