Crewe Rail Cam, Cheshire

Standing proudly in the heart of Crewe, Grade II-listed Christ Church Tower tells the story of railway ambition. Built by the Grand Junction Railway Company and consecrated in 1845, this was one of the first churches constructed to serve the growing railway town of Crewe. The tower itself came later, built in 1887 by Railway Engineer J W Stansby and believed to have been designed by John Cunningham. It features a stepped and gabled parapet with octagonal crocketed pinnacles at the corners, creat