Christ Church, Brixton Road
| Christ Church, Brixton Road | |
|---|---|
| Christ Church, North Brixton | |
 Photo of the church | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Founder(s) | Rev William Mowll |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Arthur Beresford Pite |
| Style | Neo-Byzantine |
| 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.
External links
Media related to Christ Church, Brixton Road at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 51°28′39″N 0°6′46″W / 51.47750°N 0.11278°W