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History
Christ Church is one of 4 churches in the Parish of Winchcombe being a Chapel of Ease.
A small Mediaeval church stood in the heart of the village (only the Tower remains) but this became derelict in the mid 19th century. The new church was built and dedicated in 1865
Mrs Emma Dent of Sudeley Castle paid for the new church building and an acre of farmland was donated by a local farmer on the edge of the village.
The Building
The design was by Drayton Wyatt, an assistant of Sir Gilbert Scott, who was overseeing the renovation of Sudely Castle.
Christ Church is of the Early English style with a tall spire, Nave and South Transept, where there is a rose window. Ham Hill stone was used with Bath stone dressings. There is a set of complicated scissor trusses in the Chancel roof and 3 of the 5 lancet East windows are stained glass by Hardman. With encaustic tile flooring the building is a pure Victorian church with original features, though the elaborately decorated walls were painted over in the past. A photograph of 1909 shows the decoration.
In 2000 a pipe organ was installed dated mid 1860s and a small servery created for providing refreshments. Carpeting and embroidered seat cushions marked the Millennium also.
The Churchyard
This is still open for burials. A Garden of Remembrance was created in 2003 with a large Ham Hill inscribed memorial stone. Ashes may be buried in this garden and names put in the Book of Remembrance in church.
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