Christ Church, Totland, Isle of Wight
Christ Church, Alum Bay New Road, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, PO39 0ES
Christ Church is a Victorian Gothic Revival church of stone construction with a steep tiled roof, lancet and traceried windows, a later south aisle and porch, a chancel and a small belfry. The south aisle arcade, associated with Isle of Wight architect Percy Goddard Stone, includes Hopton Wood stone columns and gives the simple nave additional architectural interest. Timber features are especially important: the 1906 lychgate was designed by Percy Goddard Stone and built in memory of Frederic Wildman Burnett, using timber reputedly taken from HMS Thunderer; the church also retains wooden pews, furnishings and a 1911 Norman and Beard pipe organ.
Timings
- Friday 11 September:
- 11:00 to 15:00
- Saturday 12 September:
- 11:00 to 15:00
- Sunday 13 September:
- 11:00 Morning Worship
- Monday 14 September:
- 11:00 to 15:00
- Tuesday 15 September:
- 11:00 to 15:00
- Wednesday 16 September:
- 11:00 to 15:00
- Thursday 17 September:
- 11:00 to 15:00 (09:30 Midweek Holy Communion)
- Friday 18 September:
- 11:00 to 15:00
- Saturday 19 September:
- 11:00 to 15:00
- Sunday 20 September:
- 11:00 Holy Communion
Location & directions
Christ Church, Alum Bay New Road, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, PO39 0ES
- Directions:
- The church is on the B3322 at the junction of Alum Bay New Road and York Lane, around one mile from the Needles and about ten minutes by car from Yarmouth ferry.
- Contact on day:
- Peter Byatt (Church-Warden)
- Telephone number:
- +447791012536
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Additional information
Stained glass contributes strongly to the building’s story, including memorial windows and a modern Totland Bay window by Berry Stained Glass in memory of the Revd Frederick Ralph and his wife Dorothy. That window combines local landscape and spiritual themes, with references to Alum Bay sands, Tennyson Down, Headon Warren, the Needles Lighthouse, lifeboat service, Marconi’s wireless experiments and the theme of Christ as the Light of the World.
