Christ Church, Walshaw
The church is large, with an especially wide nave and has an "admirable" steeple at its southeast corner, visible from the town of Bury in the valley below. The nave is crossed by two broad transepts, each two bays wide. Interior columns are of granite with shaft rings and in places the arcades feature double rows of columns. The windows are in the Gothic style but, as Pevsner notes, they have "un-Gothic transoms."
Internally, the church features a fine circular font, encrusted with stiff-leaf decoration.
The churchyard contains war graves of three soldiers and two airmen of World War II.
Christ Church has connections with the local community, including the church primary school and the local day nursery, and actively supports local voluntary secular and Christian mission agencies including Porch Boxes food 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'.
See also
- List of churches in Greater Manchester
- Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester
- Listed buildings in Tottington, Greater Manchester
References
- ^ Historic England. "Christ Church, Bury (1163417)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Kelly's Directory; Tottington 1924". Bury Council Archives. Kelly's. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ "Christ Church,website". Christ Church Walshaw. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969). Buildings of England: South Lancashire. London: Penguin. p. 101.
- ^ [1] CWGC Cemetery Report, details from casualty record.