List of Commissioners' churches in eastern England

A Commissioners' church is an Anglican church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Act 1818, and subsequent related Acts. Such churches have been given a number of titles, including "Commissioners' Churches", "Waterloo Churches" and "Million Act Churches". In some cases the Commissioners provided the full cost of the new church; in other cases they provided a grant and the balance was raised locally. This list contains the Commissioners' churches in the East of England and in South East England.

Contents

Key

Grade Criteria[1]
Grade I
or A		 Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II*
or B		 Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II
or C		 Buildings of national importance and special interest.
"—" denotes a work that is not graded.

Churches

Name and location Photograph Date Grant
in £		 Architect Notes and refs. Grade
St Paul, Southsea, Hampshire 1820–22 16,869 Francis Goodwin Gothic Revival with four turrets. Bombed about 1941; demolished.[2]
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St John the Divine, Chatham, Kent
 1821–22 13,797 Robert Smirke Neoclassical Doric with a tower. Closed in 2004.[2] II*[3]
St Mary the Virgin, Bransgore, Hampshire
 1822 2,649 Joseph Hannaford Gothic Revival with a tower. Chancel added 1873.[2] II[4]
St George,
Ramsgate, Kent
 1824–27 9,000 Henry Hemsley Gothic Revival with a west tower. Restored in 1884 and again in 1946.[2] I[5]
Holy Trinity, Margate, Kent 1825–28 10,000 William Edmunds Gothic Revival with a tower. Bombed and demolished.[6]
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St Peter, Brighton,
East Sussex
 1826–28 4,858 Charles Barry Gothic Revival with a west tower. Chancel added 1906.[7] II*[8]
Holy Trinity,
Maidstone, Kent
 1826–28 7,373 John Whichcord Neoclassical Doric with a tower and steeple. Converted.[6] II[9]
Holy Trinity,
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
 1827–29 8,059 Decimus Burton Gothic Revival with a west tower.[6] A[10]
St John, Forton, Hampshire 1829–30 3,731 Benjamin Bramble Gothic Revival with a bell turret. Replaced in 1890.[11]
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All Saints, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire
 1825–27 13,682 Jacob Owen Gothic Revival with a bell turret. Bombed and restored.[2] II[12]
Holy Trinity, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire 1831–32 1,783 Edward Blore Gothic Revival with a belfry. Chancel added 1913.[6]
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St Peter,
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
 1831–33 5,755 Joseph Scoles Gothic Revival in brick with a tower. Now Greek Orthodox.[13] II[14]
Holy Trinity, Dover, Kent 1833–35 3,556 William Edmunds Gothic Revival with a two turrets and spires. Demolished.[6]
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Holy Trinity,
Sheerness, Kent
 1835–36 2,595 George Ledwell Taylor Gothic Revival in brick with a tower.[6] C[15]
Christ Church, Brighton,
East Sussex		 1837–38 500 George Cheesman Gothic Revival with an east tower and spire. Demolished.[7]
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Christ Church, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
 1837–39 500 Ambrose Poynter Tudor Revival in brick with two west turrets.[16] B[17]
St Mary, Portsmouth, Hampshire 1838 1,003 Thomas Ellis Owen Gothic Revival with a tower. Demolished about 1888.[11]
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St John, Brighton,
East Sussex
 1838–39 1,000 George Cheesman Neoclassical Doric style. Now Greek Orthodox Church.[7] II[18]
Holy Trinity, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire 1839–40 1,086 A. F. Livesay Gothic Revival with a bell turret. In ruins.[11]
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St Paul, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
 1840–41 300 Ambrose Poynter Tudor Revival in brick with a west tower. Chancel added 1864; transepts in 1893.[16] C[19]
St James, Milton, Hampshire 1840–41 150 A. F. Livesay Norman Revival with a bell turret. Replaced in 1913.[11]
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Holy Trinity, Coates, Cambridgeshire
 1841 250 James William Wild Norman Revival in brick with a northeast tower. Aisles added in 1874 and 1890.[16] II[20]
Holy Trinity,
Halstead, Essex
 1843–44 500 George Gilbert Scott and William Moffatt Gothic Revival with a southwest tower and spire.[11] II*[21]
St Peter, Southampton, Hampshire
 1843–44 350 Owen Carter Norman Revival with a tower and spire. Redundant since 1981.[11] II[22]
St Thomas, West Hyde, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
 1844 300 Thomas Smith Norman Revival with a turret.[6] II[23]
Holy Trinity, Milton, Kent 1844–45 600 James Wilson Gothic Revival style.[6]
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Holy Trinity,
Oxford, Oxfordshire		 1844–45 300 Henry Underwood Gothic Revival with a bell turret.[24]
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St John the Evangelist, King's Lynn, Norfolk 1845–46 500 Anthony Salvin Gothic Revival with a tower. Bombed; demolished.[13]
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St Paul, Brighton,
East Sussex
 1846–47 1,000 Richard Cromwell Carpenter Gothic Revival with a tower. Spire added 1874; narthex 1887.[7] II*[25]
St James, Gravesend, Kent 1848–52 200 Samuel Daukes Gothic Revival with towers. Demolished 1968.[6]
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All Saints, Hockerill, Hertfordshire 1850–51 160 George Pritchett Gothic Revival style. Replaced in 1937.[11]
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Christ Church, South Banbury, Oxfordshire 1851–52 350 Benjamin Ferrey Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Steeple added 1880. Demolished.[24]
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All Saints, Leavesden, Watford, Hertfordshire
 1852–53 125 George Gilbert Scott Gothic Revival style. Additions in 1920.[6] II[26]
St John the Baptist,
Hove, East Sussex
 1853 5 William and Edward Habershon Gothic Revival style. Tower and spire added 1859.[7] II[27]
St Luke, Southampton, Hampshire
 1853 250 John Elliott Gothic Revival with a turret. Now a Sikh temple.[11] II[28]
Holy Trinity, Winchester, Hampshire
 1853 300 Henry Woodyer Gothic Revival with a turret.[11] C[29]
St Paul, Chatham, Kent 1853–54 300 Alexander Gough Norman Revival with a tower. Restored 1890, demolished.[6]
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Christ Church, Lee Park, Kent 1853–54 5 George Gilbert Scott Gothic Revival style. Steeple added 1877. Demolished.[6]
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Christ Church, Milton, Kent 1854–56 125 Richard Cromwell Carpenter Gothic Revival with a central tower. Enlarged 1870. Replaced 1934.[6]
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Christ Church, Northam, Southampton 1855–56 175 Alfred Lock and John Duckett Gothic Revival in brick. Demolished about 1890.[11]
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See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ "Listed Buildings". English Heritage. 2010. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings/. Retrieved 19 August 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d e Port 2006, p. 326.
  3. ^ Images of England: Church of St John the Divine, Chatham, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=462120, retrieved 27 May 2010 
  4. ^ Images of England: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bransgore, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=143569, retrieved 27 May 2010 
  5. ^ Images of England: Church of St George, Ramsgate, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=171693, retrieved 27 May 2010 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Port 2006, p. 334.
  7. ^ a b c d e Port 2006, p. 342.
  8. ^ Images of England: Church of St Peter, Brighton, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=481227, retrieved 11 June 2010 
  9. ^ Images of England: Church of Holy Trinity, Maidstone, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=173420, retrieved 9 June 2010 
  10. ^ Images of England: Holy Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=167949, retrieved 9 June 2010 
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Port 2006, p. 333.
  12. ^ Images of England: Church of All Saints, Portsmouth, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=474437, retrieved 27 May 2010 
  13. ^ a b Port 2006, p. 339.
  14. ^ Images of England: Church of St Spyridon, Great Yarmouth, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=468465, retrieved 9 June 2010 
  15. ^ Images of England: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Sheerness, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=, retrieved 9 June 2010 
  16. ^ a b c Port 2006, p. 331.
  17. ^ Images of England: Church of Christ, Cambridge, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=47632, retrieved 27 May 2010 
  18. ^ Images of England: St John's Church, Brighton, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=479523, retrieved 11 June 2010 
  19. ^ Images of England: Church of St Paul, Cambridge, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=47488, retrieved 27 May 2010 
  20. ^ Images of England: Church of Holy Trinity, Whittlesey, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=402797, retrieved 27 May 2010 
  21. ^ Images of England: Holy Trinity Church, Halstead, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=113954, retrieved 28 May 2010 
  22. ^ Images of England: Church of St Peter, Southampton, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=135796, retrieved 8 June 2010 
  23. ^ Images of England: Church of St Thomas, West Hyde, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=158860, retrieved 8 June 2010 
  24. ^ a b Port 2006, p. 340.
  25. ^ Images of England: Church of St Paul, Brighton, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=481443, retrieved 11 June 2010 
  26. ^ Images of England: Church of All Saints, Watford, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=158198, retrieved 8 June 2010 
  27. ^ Images of England: Church of St John the Baptist, Hove, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=365515, retrieved 11 June 2010 
  28. ^ Images of England: Church of St Luke, Southampton, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=135798, retrieved 8 June 2010 
  29. ^ Images of England: Church of the Holy Trinity, Winchester, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=144721, retrieved 8 June 2010 
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