Christ Church Methodist Church is a
Grade II listed
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English church in
Long Eaton
Long Eaton is a town in the Borough of Erewash, Erewash district of Derbyshire, England, just north of the River Trent, about south-west of Nottingham and south-east of Derby. The town population was 37,760 at the 2011 census. It has been part ...
,
Derbyshire
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, England.
History
The congregation formed in 1849 as the result of a split in Methodism in Long Eaton. They first met the large kitchen of Mr. Winfield's house, but the congregation outgrew this and Thomas Waller provided another larger room. By 1852 the congregation were able to build Brown's Chapel.
In the late 1880s, the congregation acquired a site on Derby Road for £1,080 and built a school room in 1886 at a cost of £2,500. By 1903 they had raised enough money for a new building. The foundation stone was laid on 25 June 1904 by Miss Wallis, and the top stone laid on 15 June 1904 by William Smith of Langley Mill. The construction cost £7,420.
The church is designed in the
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
Gothic style with hammer-dressed Coxbench stone, and white Hollington Stone for doors, windows and other facings. It was designed by the architects
Arthur Brewill
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur William Lancelot Brewill (17 May 1861 – 18 February 1923) was an architect based in Nottingham.
Background and family
He was the son of William Rastall Brewill (1804–1897) and Sophia (1820–1886). He was educated ...
and
Basil Baily
Captain Basil Edgar Baily FRIBA (14 January 1869 – 1942) was an architect based in Nottingham. Much of his earlier work had to do with nearby churches.
Background and family
Basil Baily was born in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, son of th ...
. The contractors were there stonemasons Park and Thorpe of Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham. The brickwork was done by G. Youngman of Long Eaton
Organ
The church has a pipe organ dating from 1904 by Andrews, which was restored by Henry Willis around 1965. This was rebuilt in 1983 by M. C. Thompson. A specification of the organ can be found on the
National Pipe Organ Register
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.
Clock
The clock in the tower was installed in 1948 by Mr. T.S. Starkie of Long Eaton in memory of his brother, Gunner John Charles Starkie of the
Honourable Artillery Company
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who was killed in the First World War. It was built by Cope of Nottingham and contains four dials of diameter. It was fitted with a precision gravity escapement and non-expanding pendulum rod, and was automatically wound each hour with a three-hour reserve.
See also
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Listed buildings in Long Eaton
References
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Long Eaton
Churches completed in 1903
Gothic Revival church buildings in England
Gothic Revival architecture in Derbyshire
Methodist churches in Derbyshire
Art Nouveau architecture in England
Art Nouveau church buildings in the United Kingdom
Basil Baily