The style of architecture of Christ Church is early English.
The exterior of the church was built with stone obtained from quarries in Parbold and Longridge.

Quarrying was carried out in Parbold for centuries. Parbold quarry, shown in the photograph on the right, only closed in the 1980's. In it we can see the cranes, lifting gear, railroad, railway waggons and the rock face that the stone was cut from.

The photograph on the left was taken around the turn of the century and shows the workforce in the quarry.

It is interesting to consider that some of the men pictured may actually have hewn out some of the stone from which Christ Church is constructed.

The original layout of of Christ Church in 1875.
Originally Christ Church consisted of a nave and north aisle separated from the nave by four pointed arches, supported by granite shafts with stone caps and bases. The chancel, organ chamber and vestry were on the north side. The tower and spire, 106-feet high stood on the south-east side. The lower portion of the tower was set aside for the children's gallery and the entrance to the belfry.
There were three entrances to the church. The main entrance was through a projecting gabled porch at the south-west end of the nave; the other two were at the side of the tower loading to the children's gallery and chancel, and between the vestry and the organ chamber on the north side.
The accommodation in the nave was for 409 adults, in open pews constructed of pitch-pine. The stalls in the chancel were for 24 choristers.
The roofs were open timbered, boarded, laid diagonally, and were also constructed of pitch-pine. The nave was 57 feet long, 28 feet wide and 42 feet in height. The interior was fined with stone ashlar from quarries in Ormskirk.

The installation of electric lighting in 1935
Electric light subscribed for by the parishioners and friends was installed in 1935, the year which marked the Diamond Jubilee, when the Rev. R. Campbell Douglas was Vicar. On the evening of the Diamond Jubilee, the Bishop of Blackburn (Dr. P. Herbert) was the preacher at a special service and at the beginning of the service he dedicated two service books, presented by the Mothers' Union for the use of the clergy.

Alterations to the Church in the 1970's
In 1970 pews were removed at the front of the nave on the south side of the main aisle and the open space was levelled and carpeted in memory of Miss Alice Elliott, late Matron at Wrightington Hospital, by members of her family.
Also, at about the same time, a new organ was given to the church by Mrs. Gleave, in memory of her husband Thomas who had been Vicar of Parbold from 1909 until 1926. The old pipe organ was removed and Mrs. Gleave also paid for the work of building a new choir vestry in the space formerly occupied by the old organ.

The organ donated by Mrs. Gleave is most interesting as it is an Allen Computer Organ. It has a solid-state computer memory system in which is stored all the information required to build up the original sounds recorded from the best pipe organs. Ordinary amplifiers and speaker systems then reproduce the sound. The organ is played in the normal way at a conventional console. It possesses two special features. At the turn of a knob it is possible instantly to raise or lower the pitch of the organ six semitones; also small computer cards can be bought which, when slid into the appropriate slot, temporarily add further ranks of ' pipes.' Four such ranks may be added at any one time.

The dedication of the new organ and choir vestry was taken by the Right Revd. the Bishop of Lancaster on July 5th, 1973.