St Saviour, South Street, Eastbourne, East Sussex, 1865-67.
By George Edmund Street (1824-1881).
Grade ll* listed.
Mosaic, c1865-67.
God be merciful to me a sinner.
By Clayton & Bell.
Detail.
Mosaics play a key role in the church. They occupy panels on the walls of the aisles, the baptistry and the niches in the chancel and depict biblical scenes, saints and other figures.
Eastbourne was expanding rapidly, its development having been stimulated by the arrival of the railway in 1849 which encouraged people to live or spend time here in the summer. The seventh Duke of Devonshire, who owned much land in the area, had started to lay out a new town to the south and west of the old town. This new development was at a considerable remove from the parish church of St Mary the Virgin, and the establishment of a new Anglican place of worship was encouraged by the vicar of Eastbourne, aided by a local benefactress, Harriott Manby, and her wealthy friend, George Whelpton, whose son was to become the first vicar. The family fortune was made out of Whelpton's pills, a patent medicine produced by George Whelpton and Son in Louth, Lincolnshire. The site was given by the Duke of Devonshire. The foundation stone was laid on 17 October 1865 and the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Chichester on 31 January 1867. The churchmanship was in the Tractarian tradition, hence the attention paid to having fine architecture, fittings and embellishments.
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Clayton & Bell (1855-1993).
The company was founded in London by John Richard Clayton (1827-1913) and Alfred Bell (1832-1895). Within a few years the firm occupied a leading place in stained glass design and manufacture. They were one of the most prolific and proficient workshops of English stained glass during the latter half of the 19th century.
By the 1860s they were established in large premises in Regent Street with 300 employees. During the 1860s and 1870s night shifts were worked in order to fulfil commissions. The company was also producing decorative schemes and murals for churches.
In the 1880s the two founders withdrew from active participation. The firm continued under Alfred Bell’s son, John Clement Bell (1860-1944), then under Reginald Otto Bell (1884-1950) and lastly Michael Farrar-Bell (1911-1993) until his death.
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Holy Trinity, Eastbourne, East Sussex, 1837-39.
By Decimus Burton (1800-1881).
Subsequently much enlarged especially 1909-10 by Arthur Richard George Fenning (1855-1937).
Grade ll* listed.
Pulpit of 1872 with naturalistic foliage and trefoil arches, remodelled in 1884 with a shafted marble stem.
Holy Trinity was built before the main development of Eastbourne as a resort following the arrival of the railway in 1849 and the planning of the resort by Henry Currey for the Duke of Devonshire from 1859. Consequently the church was greatly enlarged to meet the demands of the growing population, first with aisles in 1854-55 and then a larger chancel in 1861. The enlarged church also proved too small as the town continued to grow, and was extended again in 1909-10. The architect, Arthur Fenning was less well known than Burton or Ferrey, but his work gives the exterior a harmonious unity that belies its piecemeal construction, and his reconstruction of Burton's tower appears to be quite faithful.
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Holy Trinity, Eastbourne, East Sussex.
South Chapel Window, 1949.
By Barton Kinder Alderson.
Detail - St Wilfrid.
Kenneth M Barton went into partnership with Claude Kinder (1897-1949), who is known from at least one window in his own name, and Albert E Alderson in Hove around the end of World War II. All three previously worked for Cox & Barnard and the firm and later its surviving partners produced a fair quantity of glass, mainly in the south east, but also as far afield as the USA. After Kinder’s early death, Barton continued in Brighton as Kenneth Barton Studios. Alderson remained in business in Hassocks until about 1977 and glass was produced under the names of all three until at least 1967.
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Grand Parade, Eastbourne, East Sussex.
Bandstand, 1935.
By the Borough Council Engineer, Leslie Roseveare (1876-1945).
Grade ll listed.
OPENED BY THE RT HON LORD LECONFIELD GVCO LORD LIEUTENANT OF SUSSEX ON THE 5TH AUGUST 1935
COUNCILLOR MISS THORNTON JP MAYOR
ALDERMAN LT COL ROLAND GWYNNE DSO DL JP CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE
LESLIE ROSEVEARE M INST CE BOROUGH ENGINEER
It is of a symmetrical design with the bandstand set in a sweeping open arcade facing two covered viewing decks topped with an open viewing area, all to take advantage of the change in level from the promenade to the seafront. The bandstand is of circular plan form which is truncated on the seaward side.
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St Saviour, South Street, Eastbourne, East Sussex, 1865-67.
By George Edmund Street (1824-1881).
Grade ll* listed.
Mosaic, c1865-67.
Here King Oswald plants the cross on heavens field on the eve of battle.
Detail.
By Clayton & Bell.
Mosaics play a key role in the church. They occupy panels on the walls of the aisles, the baptistry and the niches in the chancel and depict biblical scenes, saints and other figures.
Eastbourne was expanding rapidly, its development having been stimulated by the arrival of the railway in 1849 which encouraged people to live or spend time here in the summer. The seventh Duke of Devonshire, who owned much land in the area, had started to lay out a new town to the south and west of the old town. This new development was at a considerable remove from the parish church of St Mary the Virgin, and the establishment of a new Anglican place of worship was encouraged by the vicar of Eastbourne, aided by a local benefactress, Harriott Manby, and her wealthy friend, George Whelpton, whose son was to become the first vicar. The family fortune was made out of Whelpton's pills, a patent medicine produced by George Whelpton and Son in Louth, Lincolnshire. The site was given by the Duke of Devonshire. The foundation stone was laid on 17 October 1865 and the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Chichester on 31 January 1867. The churchmanship was in the Tractarian tradition, hence the attention paid to having fine architecture, fittings and embellishments.
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Clayton & Bell (1855-1993).
The company was founded in London by John Richard Clayton (1827-1913) and Alfred Bell (1832-1895). Within a few years the firm occupied a leading place in stained glass design and manufacture. They were one of the most prolific and proficient workshops of English stained glass during the latter half of the 19th century.
By the 1860s they were established in large premises in Regent Street with 300 employees. During the 1860s and 1870s night shifts were worked in order to fulfil commissions. The company was also producing decorative schemes and murals for churches.
In the 1880s the two founders withdrew from active participation. The firm continued under Alfred Bell’s son, John Clement Bell (1860-1944), then under Reginald Otto Bell (1884-1950) and lastly Michael Farrar-Bell (1911-1993) until his death.
Tags: eastbourne church east sussex
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