Other Brighton Churches

Churches - Bevendean History Project

All Saints Church, Compton Avenue, Brighton
The church opened in August 1852 and was consecrated in September 1853. The final service took place in January 1954. The church was demolished in 1957.

All Souls' Church, Eastern Road, Brighton
Foundation stone laid on 29th July 1833, the church was consecrated on 4th April 1834. The parish merged with St Mary & St James in 1967, and the building was demolished in 1968.

Christ Church, Montpelier Road, Brighton
Foundation stone laid on 13th June 1837, the church was consecrated on 26th April, 1838. It was destroyed by fire in 1978 and formally declared redundant in 1981, leading to its demolition in 1982.

Church of the Holy Resurrection, Russell Street, Brighton
The Church of the Holy Resurrection also known as the Brighton Underground Church was built with the entrance going down 17 feet to reach the floor. The building was demolished when Churchill Square was built in the 1960s.

Holy Trinity, Ship Street, Brighton

Founded in 1817, Consecrated in 1826.
Declared redundant from 1 November 1984 and closed.

St Anne's Church, Burlington Street, Brighton

The Foundation stone was laid Monday 16th June, 1862 and the church consecrated on Saturday 13th June 1863 by the Bishop of Chichester, Dr. Gilbert. The church closed in the early 1980s and was demolished in 1986.

St Cuthmans Church, Whitehawk, Brighton

St Cuthman's Church was originally erected in Lintott Avenue in 1937, but was destroyed on 16 August 1943 by a German bomb. A new church was built on the site between 1951 and 1952 by John Leopold Denman.

St James's Church, St James Street, Brighton

The church was erected on the site in 1810. The church was rebuilt in the 1870s. The church closed in the early 1949 and was demolished in 1950.

St John's Church, Carlton Hill, Brighton
The church was consecrated and opened for public worship on 21st September 1849. By the 1980s, church attendances were falling, and the Diocese of Chichester declared the church redundant and was closed in 1980. The building was sold to the Greek Orthodox community in 1985, for whom it now serves as the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity.

St Margaret's Church, Cannon Place, Brighton
St Margaret’s formally in Cannon Place Brighton, was a 19th century Church in Brighton dedicated to St Margaret built in 1823 and demolished in 1959 to make way for Sussex Heights.

St Mark's Church, Eastern Road, Brighton
The church was the third built by the Rev. Henry Michell Wagner, the Vicar of Brighton from 1824 to 1870. It opened in 1840 and was consecrated on January 28th, 1849. It was declared redundant from 1 May 1986. The Church was listed Grade II by English Heritage on 26 August 1999.
The building is now used by the Spire Arts Charity.

St Matthews Church, Sutherland Road, Kemp Town, Brighton
the Built between 1881 and 1883, and consecrated on 21st September 1883, parish amalgamated with St. Mark’s, Eastern Road in February 1967.
St Matthews was demolished later in 1967.

St Saviours Church, Ditchling Road, Brighton
Foundation Stone laid 19 August 1885, Consecrated 25 November 1886,
Parish amalgamated with St. Augustine, declared redundant 1 November 1980. Demolished in 1983 and replaced by a block of flats.

St Thomas the Apostle Church, Davigdor Road, Hove
The foundation stone was laid on Saturday 1 June 1901 and opened for worship on 9 November 1901, with further building work in the following years. The building was finally consecrated on 17 January 1923. It was closed for worship on 17 January 1993 and declared redundant. It is now the Coptic Church of St Mary and St Abraam.

St Wilfrid's Church, Elm Grove, Brighton
The iron church was inaugurated on 25 August 1901. Foundation Stone for new church laid 3 December 1932, Consecrated 25 November 1933 by George Bell. In 1980 the church was made redundant and converted into flats.

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