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'''Christ Church on [[Brixton Road]]''' in [[Lambeth]] [[SW postcode area|SW9]] is an [[Art Nouveau]] and [[Byzantine Revival architecture|Byzantine Revival]] Grade II* [[listed building]]<ref name="Listing">{{cite web | url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-204032-christ-church-greater-london-authority | title=Christ Church, Lambeth | publisher=British Listed Buildings | accessdate=25 March 2013}}</ref> built in 1902<ref name="Cherry and Pevsner">{{cite book | title=[[The Buildings of England]] – London 2: South | publisher=[[Penguin Books]] | author=[[Bridget Cherry]] and [[Nikolaus Pevsner]] | year=1983 | location=London | page=333 | isbn=0 14 0710 47 7}}</ref> by [[Arthur Beresford Pite]]<ref name="Listing"/> for his brother-in-law, Rev William Mowll.<ref name="Cherry and Pevsner"/> The foundation stone, by [[Edward Johnston]], was cut by [[Eric Gill]] in 1902.<ref name="Cherry and Pevsner"/> The church was [[consecrated]] by [[Edward Talbot (bishop)|Edward Talbot]], the [[Bishop of Rochester]], on 5 December 1902.<ref name= "Lambeth Wick"/> The outside pulpit in the south-west corner was designed by Weir, Burrows and Weir and was dedicated on 3 November 1907.<ref name= "Lambeth Wick"/>
'''Christ Church on [[Brixton Road]]''' in [[Lambeth]] [[SW postcode area|SW9]] is an [[Art Nouveau]] and [[Byzantine Revival architecture|Byzantine Revival]] Grade II* [[listed building]]<ref name="Listing">{{cite web | url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-204032-christ-church-greater-london-authority | title=Christ Church, Lambeth | publisher=British Listed Buildings | accessdate=25 March 2013}}</ref> built in 1902<ref name="Cherry and Pevsner">{{cite book | title=[[The Buildings of England]]&nbsp;– London 2: South | publisher=[[Penguin Books]] | author=[[Bridget Cherry]] and [[Nikolaus Pevsner]] | year=1983 | location=London | page=333 | 0 {{Please check ISBN|0}} 14 0710 47 7}}</ref> by [[Arthur Beresford Pite]]<ref name="Listing"/> for his brother-in-law, Rev William Mowll.<ref name="Cherry and Pevsner"/> The foundation stone, by [[Edward Johnston]], was cut by [[Eric Gill]] in 1902.<ref name="Cherry and Pevsner"/> The church was [[consecrated]] by [[Edward Talbot (bishop)|Edward Talbot]], the [[Bishop of Rochester]], on 5 December 1902.<ref name= "Lambeth Wick"/> The outside pulpit in the south-west corner was designed by Weir, Burrows and Weir and was dedicated on 3 November 1907.<ref name= "Lambeth Wick"/>


The present church was built on the site of an earlier chapel,<ref name="Cherry and Pevsner"/> formerly the independent '''Holland Chapel''', which was sold to Anglicans in 1835,<ref name="Former">{{cite web|url= http://www.southwark.anglican.org/downloads/lostchurches/BRI03.pdf | title=Brixton Road, Christ Church | publisher=[[Anglican Diocese of Southwark]] | work=Former places of worship in the Diocese of Southwark | date=July 2007 | accessdate=26 March 2013}}</ref> enlarged and renamed "Christ Church" in 1855<ref name= "Lambeth Wick">{{cite web | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49769&strquery=mowll%20street | title=Brixton: Lambeth Wick Estate | publisher=[[British History Online]] | work=[[Survey of London]]: volume 26: Lambeth: Southern area | date=1956 | accessdate=26 March 2013 | author=F. H. W. Sheppard (General Editor)}}</ref> and demolished in 1899.<ref name="Former"/>
The present church was built on the site of an earlier chapel,<ref name="Cherry and Pevsner"/> formerly the independent '''Holland Chapel''', which was sold to Anglicans in 1835,<ref name="Former">{{cite web|url= http://www.southwark.anglican.org/downloads/lostchurches/BRI03.pdf | title=Brixton Road, Christ Church | publisher=[[Anglican Diocese of Southwark]] | work=Former places of worship in the Diocese of Southwark | date=July 2007 | accessdate=26 March 2013}}</ref> enlarged and renamed "Christ Church" in 1855<ref name= "Lambeth Wick">{{cite web | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49769&strquery=mowll%20street | title=Brixton: Lambeth Wick Estate | publisher=[[British History Online]] | work=[[Survey of London]]: volume 26: Lambeth: Southern area | date=1956 | accessdate=26 March 2013 | author=F. H. W. Sheppard (General Editor)}}</ref> and demolished in 1899.<ref name="Former"/>

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Christ Church, Brixton Road
Christ Church, North Brixton
Photo of the church
Map
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
DioceseAnglican Diocese of Southwark
ParishBrixton Road
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. ^ a b "Christ Church, Lambeth". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 333. {{cite book}}: Text "0 14 0710 47 7" ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b c 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. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ a b "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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