Doncaster Minster
Doncaster, Yorkshire
It is known that the church occupies the same site as the Roman fort of Danum.
The church, built to a neo Gothic design in Roche Abbey stone, was opened for worship on 1st November 1829. Congregations continued to increase and in 1856 the church was enlarged by construction of a chancel at the east end, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. The original spire was made of stone, but was shattered by lightning in 1836. It was replaced by a new copper clad spire in 1939.
Over the years the fabric of the building deteriorated and in 1989 repair and restoration costs were considered too great for the existing congregation and Christ Church became a redundant church. It was bought in 1994 by Reachout Christian Fellowship and ten years later opened again for worship on 4th December 2004.
Features of note in the church include vibrant stained glass windows created by the Belgian Jean Baptiste Cappronier during the period 1863–1865.
