Our Most Holy Redeemer
| Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell | |
|---|---|
| Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer | |
 | |
| Location | Clerkenwell, Islington, London |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Traditional Catholic |
| Website | Holy Redeemer webiste |
| History | |
| Dedication | Christ the Redeemer |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Active |
| Functional status | Parish church |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* listed |
| Designated | 29 December 1950 |
| Architect(s) | John Dando Sedding |
| Style | Italianate |
| Completed | 1888 |
| Administration | |
| Deanery | Islington |
| Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Hackney |
| Diocese | Diocese of London |
| Province | Province of Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | The Rt Revd Jonathan Baker (AEO) |
| Vicar(s) | Fr Christopher Trundle SSC |
| Assistant priest(s) |
Fr Peter Bernhard Fr Alexander McGregor |
Our Most Holy Redeemer is a late 19th-century church in Clerkenwell, London, England, by the architect John Dando Sedding. It is an Anglo-Catholic church in the Diocese of London of the Church of England.[1] It is at the junction of Exmouth Market and Rosebery Avenue in the London Borough of Islington. The church with attached clergy house, campanile, and parish hall is a Grade II*-listed building.[2]
History
This Italianate church was built in 1888 to the designs of J. D. Sedding, and completed, after his death, by his assistant Henry Wilson, 1892-95. The church, which was built in the grounds of the former Spa Fields Chapel, originally comprised just the building on the left in the illustration, the campanile tower and clergy house on the right being added in 1906. The inscription on the cornice of the original structure reads Christo Liberatori translated as 'To Christ The Redeemer'.
The interior of the church, including the baldacchino, was modelled upon Brunelleschi's Santo Spirito, Florence. Sculptural carving to the interior is by F. W. Pomeroy.
Present day
The Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer is within the Traditional Catholic tradition of the Church of England. As a parish that rejects the ordination of women, it receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Fulham (currently Jonathan Baker).[3]
Gallery
Side of the church
Tower of the church
Alternate view of the front of the church
References
- ↑ "Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell". The Church of England. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ↑ "Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, clergy house, campanile and parish hall". English Heritage. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
This church is of outstanding importance as an example of the late C19 reaction against High Victorian Gothic. Sedding accomplished this by using the pure Italian Renaissance style. In doing so, he not only created a 'monument to the Aestheticism of the late Victorian Anglo-Catholics', but made the church look Roman Catholic. Wilson's work to the church is particularly fine; and his interesting subsidiary buildings (parish-hall, clergy-house, and especially the campanile) flanking the front facade are extremely clever and idiosyncratic. This complex was built in the heart of a significant Italian community. These buildings form a remarkable group.
- ↑ "Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell". bishopoffulham.org.uk. The See of Fulham. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
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Coordinates: 51°31′32″N 0°06′33″W / 51.5255°N 0.1092°W