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Wellington Road North, STOCKPORT, SK4 2LJ

The sculpture below Belmont Way is the work chainsaw carver Karl Macauley http://www.elegantchainsawcarvings.co.uk/about-me

Just below the traffic lights on Wellington Road North Image near the former LNWR Goods Warehouse is where a section of the Trans Pennine Trail crosses over into Bowerfold Lane. A Pegasus crossing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_crossing , controlled by equestrians Image is provided. It is similar to the one on Lancashire Hill Image

The control for the Pegasus crossing on Wellington Road North Image is set at the height appropriate for equestrians.

Christ Church was built by Manchester architect William Hayley in 1846 and consisted of a nave, aisles, transepts, chancel and west tower and spire, constructed in coursed sandstone in a developed Early English style. By the early 1970s the church was in a very poor condition with rampant dry rot and a decaying roof. Efforts to convert all or part of the church for community and cultural use were unsuccessful and, following its gutting by fire in 1977, it was demolished except for the tower and spire – notable as a local landmark – and a short length of the north and south nave walls. The plan of the rest of the church has been preserved by the retention of the lowest courses of masonry. All the fittings, glass, furnishings etc appear to have been stolen or perished in the fire. The five clock bells by Warner (1896) were stolen in 1977. The tower itself is of four stages and is surmounted by a tall, slender spire. The best views of it are probably to be had from Stockport Station. It was vested in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust in May 1979. Above information from the Churches Conservation Trust website (link now defunct).

The A6 at its junction with Belmont Way.

The A6 from Stockport to Manchester. Two buses on the busy #192 bus route are outside the former LNWR Goods Warehouse, a Grade II listed building. It was built in 1877 for the London and North Western Railway Company in the ltalianate style. Red brick with stone dressings, blue brick plinth and banding, white brick cornice and lettering. The warehouse narrowly escaped destruction from a bomb in World War II, sustaining slight damage to NW corner of building. It was designed to enable the efficient storage and transfer of goods between rail and road, and retains a range of different hoist mechanisms which include a manual hoist, six hydraulic jiggers, and two electric-powered hoists, positioned over trap doors replicated down through the floors, which illustrate how the building operated. Today it is used as a storage depot.

The spire of Christ Church, Heaton Norris Image

Christ Church was built by Manchester architect William Hayley in 1846 and consisted of a nave, aisles, transepts, chancel and west tower and spire, constructed in coursed sandstone in a developed Early English style. By the early 1970s the church was in a very poor condition with rampant dry rot and a decaying roof. Efforts to convert all or part of the church for community and cultural use were unsuccessful and, following its gutting by fire in 1977, it was demolished except for the tower and spire – notable as a local landmark – and a short length of the north and south nave walls. The plan of the rest of the church has been preserved by the retention of the lowest courses of masonry. All the fittings, glass, furnishings etc appear to have been stolen or perished in the fire. The five clock bells by Warner (1896) were stolen in 1977. The tower itself is of four stages and is surmounted by a tall, slender spire. The best views of it are probably to be had from Stockport Station. It was vested in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust in May 1979. Above information from the Churches Conservation Trust website (link now defunct).

Christ Church was built in 1846 in a developed Early English style. Following its gutting by fire in 1977, it was demolished except for the tower and spire – notable as a local landmark – and a short length of the north and south nave walls. The plan of the rest of the church has been preserved by the retention of the lowest courses of masonry. It was vested in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust in May 1979.

Christ Church was built in 1846 in a developed Early English style. Following its gutting by fire in 1977, it was demolished except for the tower and spire – notable as a local landmark – and a short length of the north and south nave walls. The plan of the rest of the church has been preserved by the retention of the lowest courses of masonry. It was vested in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust in May 1979.