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Christ Church, Woking
Christ Church, Woking — church building in Woking, Surrey, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Woking · 0.2 km
- Free entry
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Christ Church, Woking is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1908. Heritage designation: Grade II listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Wikidata describes it as: "church building in Woking, Surrey, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.3200°, -0.5580°.
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Heritage listing
Details TQ 05NW BOROUGH OF WOKING CHURCH STREET,WOKING 6/43 Christ Church II Church. 1889 by W.F. Unsworth. Red brick plain tiled roofs copper covered spires to east end. 4 bay nave and aisles, north and south transept chapels, apsidal chancel to the east, C2O vestry to the north west. 3 bay narthex to the west end with brick edged roundel above and tile edged gable. South door under arched head with pent roof hood on brackets. Arched planked doors to north and south chapels in 4 step brick surrounds, brick edged roundels above. Spires over south transept Chapel and chancel with iron weathervanes. Interior: Brick arches with projecting brick band to eaves, King post roof. Narrow ambulatory aisles with stone dressed arches. 3 bay arched screen across west end, stone octagonal font in harthex C19 fittings. PEVSNER, Buildings of England: Surrey (1982 ed.) p.533 Listing NGR: TQ0058258859 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 290744 Legacy System: LBS
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Basingstoke Canal SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Christ Church is located in Woking, England. The church is in the Diocese of Guildford.
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Background
History
In the 1870s, Woking's population was growing rapidly. Services for the population were being held in the back room of a local shop, though the congregation was too large by 1877. A church hall known as the 'Iron Room' was constructed to accommodate for the growing congregation. The Iron Room was on the site of the current church. It could seat approximately 400 people. The London Necropolis Railway had begun to sell off a lot of land, and a section of this was reserved "for a church, vicarage and burial ground". Furthermore, a plot of land had also been acquired in 1861 for the church (the Iron Room and modern church were built on this site). On 11 February 1885, it was agreed a new church…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.3200, -0.5580
- County
- Surrey
- District
- Woking
- Parish
- Woking, unparished area
- Postcode
- GU21 6YG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Woking
- Established
- 1908
- Nearest railway station
- Woking — 0.2 km
- Official site
- www.christchurchwoking.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q16258227 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Christ Church, Woking (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Woking-TownSquare.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Christ Church, Woking?
- Christ Church, Woking is in Surrey, London, United Kingdom (postcode GU21 6YG), in the parish of Woking, unparished area.
- When was Christ Church, Woking built?
- Built or established in 1908.
- Is Christ Church, Woking a listed building?
- Christ Church, Woking is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- Is Christ Church, Woking a protected site?
- Yes — Christ Church, Woking is part of the Basingstoke Canal SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Christ Church, Woking free to visit?
- Yes, Christ Church, Woking is free to enter.
- How do I get to Christ Church, Woking?
- The nearest railway station is Woking, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode GU21 6YG.