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Christ Church, Armley
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The church broke ground in 1869 and was completed in 1872, having been built to a design by architect Richard L. Adams. The church was listed in 1976 and modernised internally in 1984. In 1986 the church was included in the <a href="/facts/BBC/qFateIz8">BBC</a>'s <a href="/facts/Domesday_Project/sM4b3opd">Domesday Project</a>, having its particulars recorded for posterity. The question of the future viability of the church was recorded in the project. </p> <h2 id="location">Location</h2> <p>The church is in <a href="/facts/Upper_Armley/InUc9Xcs">Upper Armley</a> at the junction of Theaker Lane, Moorfield Road and Armley Ridge Road. It is the closest of the Anglican churches to the centre of Armley. </p> <h2 id="architectural-style">Architectural style</h2> <p>The church is built of coursed square <a href="/facts/Gritstone/TQDqe5Ra">gritstone</a> and has a pitched slate roof. Designed in the <a href="/facts/Gothic_Revival_architecture/gWJmqCH1">Gothic Revival</a> style, the church has a tall imposing nave with tripartite <a href="/facts/Clerestory/WpCM9u0q">clerestory</a> windows.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_places_of_worship_in_the_City_of_Leeds/5LG7urzM">List of places of worship in the City of Leeds</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Listed_buildings_in_Leeds_(Armley_Ward)/xDJlTLVP">Listed buildings in Leeds (Armley Ward)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.christchurcharmley.org.uk/">Official website</a></li></ul> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christ Church, Armley. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Christ Church, Leeds". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 May 2016. <a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-464949-christ-church-#.VzYIt2zmpYc" target="_blank">http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-464949-christ-church-#.VzYIt2zmpYc</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Christ Church, Leeds". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 May 2016. <a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-464949-christ-church-#.VzYIt2zmpYc" target="_blank">http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-464949-christ-church-#.VzYIt2zmpYc</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>