Churches of Brighton
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This is a summary list of articles about churches in Brighton, England. Particularly notable and historic churches may have their own articles.
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[edit] Church of St. Bartholomew
[edit] Calvary Evangelical Church
Calvary Evangelical Church is an independent evangelical Christian church, set up in the former Brighton Railway Mission building.[1] The Brighton Railway Mission itself was founded in 1876 to serve the spiritual needs of workers at the nearby locomotive works, and soon moved into the existing Methodist Church building on Viaduct Road – close to Preston Circus to the north-east of the city centre. Since 2006 the church premises have also housed the Brighton and Hove City Mission[2]. The name of the church refers to Calvary, the hill on which Jesus was crucified.
Regular meetings are held in the church on Sundays. There is a morning prayer meeting followed by the main morning service at 11.00am, with a crèche and Sunday School available for children. Another prayer meeting is held in the evening, followed by an evening service. Other events, such as special Eucharists for born-again Christians and monthly lunches are held. Other meetings take place weekly in private houses.[3] Since April 2006, the church has placed all of its weekly sermons online as Godcasts. Its regular Saturday discussions, sometimes held by guest speakers, are similarly available.[4][5]
[edit] St. George's Church
St. George’s Church is the Parish Church for the Kemp Town area of Brighton. It was designed by the architect Charles Busby for Thomas Read Kemp, developer of the Kemp Town estate, and was consecrated on 30 December 1825. In the basement is The Crypt, a community café built (along with some supporting work for the rest of the church) with support from the European Union's "URBAN" regeneration fund.[6][7]
[edit] Church of St. Martin
[edit] Church of St. Michael and All Angels
[edit] Church of St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas Church, as it is commonly known, is the original Parish Church of Brighton and the oldest surviving building in Brighton.
[edit] Church of St. Paul
[edit] Church of St. Peter
St. Peter's stands near the centre of the town, on an island between two major roads, the A23 London Road and A270 Lewes Road. Built from 1824–28 to a design by Sir Charles Barry and extended by Somers & Micklethwaite in 1906, it is arguably the finest example example of the pre-Victorian Gothic Revival style. Built as a chapel of ease to the old parish church, St. Nicholas, it was made the parish church of Brighton in 1873. St Peter's is famous also for its pipe organ, built in 1888 by the firm of Henry Willis & Sons for the Hampstead Conservatoire of Music, and brought to Brighton in 1910, when it was one of three similar instruments in the town. Of the others, one – that of Hove Town Hall – has left Brighton and the one in the Dome was destroyed in 1935.
[edit] Ebenezer's Baptist Church
Ebenezer's Baptist Church was built in 1825 in a neo-renaissance style, and rebuilt in 1966. It originally incorporated a school and a dormitory for boarding students, but these were demolished around the time of the rebuild to make way for a car-park to serve the newly built apartment blocks. The chapel is owned by the Grace Baptist Church, and situated on Richmond Parade, near the Pressure Point. A stone-carved book reading "Thy Word is Truth" sits on the tower.
[edit] References
- ^ Calvary Evangelical Church, Brighton - Who are we?.
- ^ Jan Melrose. "Church to be demolished", The Argus, March 31, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
- ^ Calvary Evangelical Church, Brighton - What's On.
- ^ Calvary Evangelical Church, Brighton - Sermons.
- ^ Calvary Evangelical Church, Brighton - BeThinking.
- ^ St. George's Church website
- ^ "My Brighton and Hove" history and photographs of St. George's Church
