Long Load: Christ Church

Name:
Long Load: Christ Church
Record Type:
Closed Church
Church code:
601156
Diocese:
Bath & Wells
Archdeaconry:
Wells
Parish:
Long Sutton and Long Load

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is not in a Conservation Area

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Victorian/Pre-WWI

Exterior Image

Exterior image of 601156 Long Load Christ Church
Caption:
Exterior image of 601156 Long Load Christ Church
Description:
The church seen from the north-east. Photograph taken on 27th July 2009.
Year / Date:
2009
Copyright:
Archbishops' Council
Originator:
Unknown

Summary Description

A large Victorian church of stone for such a small village, set within a long churchyard stretching back from and sloping down to the village high street along which the settlement is strung. The present church was built in 1854-6, designed by C E Giles of Taunton and London, a prolific architect in this area whose work is also found elsewhere. The work was aided by an ICBS grant. This is an essay in the Early Decorated style, the spirelet in particular giving it more interest than most such village churches and some vertical emphasis.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is closed for worship.
Date closed for worship: Unknown
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Church Website

Church Website:
Work in progress - can you help?

Sources and Further Information

Unknown (2009) Exterior image of 601156 Long Load Christ Church [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Exterior image of 601156 Long Load Christ Church
Unknown (2009) Interior image of 601156 Long Load Christ Church [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Interior image of 601156 Long Load Christ Church
Somerset County Council (2016) The Somerset Historic Environment Record (HER) http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/54162 [Digital Archive/Data]
HER Site Number (PRN): 54162
James Miles (2018) Closed Churches [Digital Archive/Data]
ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~97322~114948 [Archive/Graphic material]

Ground plan

ICBS File Number - 04777

Coverage - 1854

Created by GILES, Charles Edmund: fl. 1849-68 of Taunton and London

Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 1 Bell [Archive/Index]
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