Christ Church, Port Sunlight

Port Sunlight is a model village that was built for the workers at the soap factory of Lever Brothers, founded by William Lever. Christ Church was built between 1902 and 1904, and was designed by William and Segar Owen. The church was paid for by William Lever. It was opened on 8 June 1904. It was originally built as a non-denominational church with a Wesleyan minister at the time it was erected, but later became a Congregational church (William Lever himself was a Congregationalist.) it is now part of the United Reformed Church. In 1914 the Lever family vault was added as a memorial to the memory of Lady Lever. As a Millennium project in 2000, two new rooms were built into the aisles for…

The church can seat 800 people. According to the church website it is believed to be the largest extant four-manual Willis II organ still in its original condition and in everyday use. In the Lady Lever Memorial is the chest tomb of Lady Lever, who died in 1913, and of William Lever, who died in 1925. On this are recumbent bronze effigies by Sir W. Goscombe John.