Building record MDR12819 - Christ Church, Casson Street, Ironville

A church built in 1851-2 by H Stevens of Derby for the Butterley Iron Company. It is built of ashlar, with a 20th century concrete tile roof, chamfered stone copings to gables on moulded kneelers, ridge crosses and coved eaves bands. It comprises a three-stage west tower and a seven-bay nave with central transeptal bays and a small canted-bay chancel. The tower has stepped buttresses up to the bell stage, a two-stage polygonal staircase turret with a lapped stone roof and small slit windows to the south-west corner and chamfered bands between each stage. The interior has a wide nave with a shallow-pitched ribbed roof and four-centred arches through into transeptal bays, the chancel bay and into the tower. There is an arcaded gallery on timber piers to the west end. The chancel has a ribbed timber roof and stained glass windows c. 1850 by Harrington's of London. The interior fittings are mostly plain with an octagonal timber pulpit, and an octagonal stone font with carved sides to the bowl. There are also late 19th and 20th century wall memorials. See list description for more details. (1) This 19th century church was built by the Butterley Iron Company as part of a model village and became a parish church in 1852. It is notable for the extensive use of iron in its construction, and was restored by J R Naylor in 1886. (2)