[3][4] Christ Church was built to serve an area of the parish containing approximately 500 inhabitants, including at Coxley and Polsham.

Funds were raised by public subscription and a grant from the Bath and Wells Diocesan Church Building Association.

Work began in September 1903 and the church was reopened on 27 February 1904, the event being attended by the Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Right Rev.

Prior to the restoration, the church's walls were in "urgent need of thorough repair" and the building also required reseating and reheating, particularly as the existing pews were considered uncomfortable and impractical.

The church's walls, gallery and font were all restored, the interior redecorated, new benches of Austrian oak installed, the pulpit relocated, the trusses of the roof altered and the east window raised and enlarged.

[8][9] A new gateway into the churchyard was built in 1963, owing to the danger posed by passing traffic for parishioners using the original gate off the main road.