Christ Church Lanark is a Grade B listed building. The architect was John Henderson (Edinburgh 1804 - 1862) and Christ Church was one of his last commissions. Henderson was also responsible for Lamington Chapel (1858) and St Peter's, Montrose (1859).


Christ Church was consecrated on Lady Day (25 March) 1858 and will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2008. The church was founded in 1883 from St Mary's Hamilton, also designed by Henderson and completed in 1849.


Christ Church was constructed in traditional Gothic style with the facade in keeping with the scale and character of Hope Street where the church stands. On turning the corner into Greenside Lane, it supports the scale and streetscape defined by the row of weavers' cottages.


The North Aisle was built in 1923 as a memorial after the First World War

Researched by David Jenkins