Christ Church, Brixton Road
Christ Church, Brixton Road | |
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Christ Church, North Brixton | |
Photo of the church | |
Location | 96 Brixton Road, London SW9 6BE |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Church of England |
History | |
Founder(s) | Rev William Mowll |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Arthur Beresford Pite |
Style | Neo-Byzantine |
Years built | 1899 - 1902 |
Administration | |
Parish | Brixton Road |
Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Southwark |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Rev Tim Jeffreys |
Christ Church on Brixton Road in Lambeth SW9 is an Art Nouveau and Byzantine Revival Grade II* listed building[1] built in 1902[2] by Arthur Beresford Pite[1] for his brother-in-law, Rev William Mowll.[2] The foundation stone, by Edward Johnston, was cut by Eric Gill in 1902.[2] The church was consecrated by Edward Talbot, the Bishop of Rochester, on 5 December 1902.[3] The outside pulpit in the south-west corner was designed by Weir, Burrows and Weir and was dedicated on 3 November 1907.[3]
The present church was built on the site of an earlier chapel,[2] formerly the independent Holland Chapel, which was sold to Anglicans in 1835,[4] enlarged and renamed "Christ Church" in 1855[3] and demolished in 1899.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Christ Church, Lambeth". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 333. ISBN 0 14 0710 47 7.
- 1 2 3 F. H. W. Sheppard (General Editor) (1956). "Brixton: Lambeth Wick Estate". Survey of London: volume 26: Lambeth: Southern area. British History Online. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- 1 2 "Brixton Road, Christ Church" (PDF). Former places of worship in the Diocese of Southwark. Anglican Diocese of Southwark. July 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2013.