Christ Church, Birkenhead

The church is constructed in red sandstone from local quarries.[5] It is roofed in Welsh slate. The plan consists of a six-bay nave, north and south transepts, a chancel with north and south aisles, and a west tower with a spire.[2] The rooms under the east end of the church are used as an office, kitchen and toilets.[5] The tower is in two stages, with a west door, over which is a quatrefoil and a clock face. The bell openings are paired, and on the tower is a broach spire with lucarnes. Along the sides of the nave the bays are divided by buttresses rising to pinnacles, and each bay contains a wide lancet window. The transepts have two bays and, because of the sloping ground, are in two storeys. There are five windows in each storey, and a rose window in the gable above. At the corners of the east end are gabled projections containing stairs and a doorway. At the east end, the aisles have paired lancets, and a doorway at the lower level. The chancel east window consists of three stepped lancets, with a rose window above. Below these are triple lancets lighting the lower area.[2]

Inside the church there are galleries at the west end and in the transepts.[2] Many of the items of church furniture has been given as memorials. These include the font, the lectern, and the pulpit. The pulpit was given in memory of two soldiers killed in the First World War, and includes in its carvings two soldiers kneeling at the foot of the cross in a Crucifixion scene. Much of the stained glass, including that in the east window and on the north side of the church, was destroyed by a landmine during the Second World War. The current stained glass in the east window dates from 1951. The stained glass in the windows on the south side of the church was given as memorials; one of them depicts a scene from The Pilgrim's Progress.[5]

The original pipe organ was built by Henry Willis in about 1860. It had two manuals and was located in the west gallery. It was moved to the south transept in 1881. Here it was acoustically unsatisfactory, and additions, including a third manual, were made by Willis in 1888. Between that date and 1925 a vox humana stop was added by a builder other than Willis. In 1925 the organ was damaged by fire following a lightning strike. The successors of Willis repaired the damage and made further additions. The organ was not damaged by the land mine, and it was cleaned and overhauled in 1948, again by the Willis firm. A further overhaul took place in 1977 by Rushworth and Dreaper.[7]