Christ Church, Brixton Road

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]

Christ Church, Brixton Road
Christ Church, North Brixton
Photo of the church
Location96 Brixton Road, London SW9 6BE
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
History
Founder(s)Rev William Mowll
Architecture
Architect(s)Arthur Beresford Pite
StyleNeo-Byzantine
Years built1899 - 1902
Administration
ParishBrixton Road
DioceseAnglican Diocese of Southwark
Clergy
Vicar(s)Rev Tim Jeffreys

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. The foundation stone of the new church hall was laid on July 24, 1897, and the building was completed in 1899. The foundation stone of the new church was laid on December 13, 1898, by Princess Helena, and the old church was demolished in 1899. [3]

References
  1. "Christ Church, Lambeth". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  2. Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 333. ISBN 0 14 0710 47 7.
  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.
  4. "Brixton Road, Christ Church" (PDF). Former places of worship in the Diocese of Southwark. Anglican Diocese of Southwark. July 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2013.

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