Christ Church was consecrated on 1 October 1879
Originally built as a school in 1867, an application was made between 1876 and 1879 to the Church Authorities (probably the Diocese of St. Asaph), for a grant towards the conversion of the building from a school to a church. The plans (which can be viewed on the internet, see below) show the planned addition of the porch, chancel and vestry and the church pews. The grant was approved.
The architects employed for the conversion were H & AP Fry. The architects were related to Thomas Fry who had earlier commissioned the building of the Hall at Nant-y-Ffrith.
A second grant application was made in 1919-1920. It looks as though money had been raised to install a pipe organ in the church as the application was to increase the size of the vestry and to use the existing, small vestry, to accommodate the workings of the organ. This also involved the removal of two rows of pews to provide a means for the vicar and choir to move from the vestry into the church. The grant was approved. The architect employed for this work was Herbert Luck North.
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