Christ Church in Clevedon, within the English county of Somerset was built between 1838 and 1839 by Richard Charles Hussey and Thomas Rickman and revised by

George Phillips Manners George Phillips Manners (1789 – 28 November 1866) was a British architect, Bath City Architect from 1823 to 1862. In his early career he worked with Charles Harcourt Masters and after about 1845 was in partnership with C.E. Gill. He retired in ...

and

John Elkington Gill John Elkington Gill (1821–1874) was a 19th-century architect in Bath, Somerset, England. Life Gill was born in 1821. He was partnered in the firm, Manners and Gill, with the more famous George Phillips Manners. Gill continued the latter's pra ...

in the 1850s. It is a Grade II* listed building.

History

The construction of the church, to designs by Richard Charles Hussey and Thomas Rickman, was paid for by public subscription when the town of Clevedon was expanding rapidly.

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donated £1800 and a Flemish 14th century stained glass east window of the Tree of Jesse from his collection. The parish is part of the

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which includes St Andrew's and St Peter's within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.

Architecture

The limestone church has a six-

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nave, chancel and buttressed tower in the south west. The tower is topped by an

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parapet and embellished crocketed

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s which were added as part of the 1850s revision by

and

References

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External links

Church web site
Grade II* listed buildings in North Somerset Grade II* listed churches in Somerset 19th-century Church of England church buildings

History

Architecture

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