Christ Church, Radyr

Christ Church, Radyr
The church in 2008
51°30′50″N 3°15′05″W / 51.5138°N 3.2513°W / 51.5138; -3.2513Coordinates: 51°30′50″N 3°15′05″W / 51.5138°N 3.2513°W / 51.5138; -3.2513
Denomination	Church in Wales
History
Status	Active
Architecture
Functional status	Daughter church
Heritage designation	II
Designated	28 October 1975
Architect(s)	G.E. Halliday
Style	Perpendicular
Groundbreaking	1903
Completed	May 1904
Specifications
Materials	Pennant sandstone, Bath stone
Administration
Parish	Radyr
Deanery	Radyr
Diocese	Diocese of Llandaff
Clergy
Priest(s)	Jenny Wigley

Christ Church is a Grade II listed Anglican church in Radyr, Cardiff, Wales. It is a daughter church of St John's in Danescourt, despite being considerably larger.

The church was begun in 1903, designed by G.E. Halliday, the Diocesan Surveyor for Llandaff^[1]. It was built in response to the growth in the populations of Radyr and Morganstown in the late Victorian years. The nave was first used on Easter Day 1904. The dedication stone was laid by Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth, who held the title of Viscount Windsor at nearby St Fagans and had donated the land upon which the church was built. He had formerly served as Cardiff's mayor in the 1890s. The chancel, vestry and tower were added in 1910.^[2] An extension, housing parish function rooms, was added in the late 20th Century.^[3] The original vestry is now a chapel.

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