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Description: Christ Church

Address: Christ Church Scammonden Road Barkisland Halifax West Yorkshire

Grade: II

Group detail: Scammonden Road (east side), Barkisland

Full description:
Church. 1854 by Mallinson and Healey (Bradford). Hammer dressed stone, ashlar dressings, slate roof. Nave, aisles, chancel, south porch. 5-bay nave with flanking aisles with pointed arched windows with offset buttresses between. Porch set in 2nd bay of aisle has coped gable surmounted by cross, pointed arched doorway. West window of 3 cusped lights, over gable is bellcote. Chancel has lower roof line, angle buttresses and 3-light 2-bay east window with plate tracery. Interior: 5-bay nave with pointed arches on clustered colonnettes. 6 bay arch-braced roof. Gothic revival stone carved reredos. Carved octagonal font with diaper surface carved with fleurons and symbols of the Apostles. Memorial tablet to William Baxter of the Lower Hall who gave the site.