Church of St Augustine

Church of St Augustine, Stanford Avenue

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1380950
Date first listed:: 22-May-1995
List Entry Name:: Church of St Augustine
Statutory Address:: Church of St Augustine, Stanford Avenue

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1380950
Date first listed:: 22-May-1995
List Entry Name:: Church of St Augustine
Statutory Address 1:: Church of St Augustine, Stanford Avenue

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Church of St Augustine, Stanford Avenue

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: The City of Brighton and Hove (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ 31068 05951

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 30 March 2021 to correct the architect name and to reformat the text to current standards TQ3105NW

BRIGHTON Preston STANFORD AVENUE (south east side) Church of St Augustine

22/05/95

II Church. Nave of 1896, chancel of 1914 by Granville Edward Stewart Streatfeild, a pupil of TG Jackson who worked in R Blomfield's office before setting up his own practice. Sir TG Jackson acted as consultant for the later period. Built of red brick in Flemish bond with stone dressings and tiled roof. Comprises a five and a half bay nave with clerestory and four bay apsidal-ended chancel with ambulatory and clerestory and Lady chapel. South porch. The tower was never built and the west end was left uncompleted.

EXTERIOR: nave of 1896 has paired Perpendicular windows to each bay, articulated by pilasters and blank niches to centre of each bay. Triple cinquefoil lights to aisles. Octagonal stone finial to east end. South porch has cross finial and sundial with motto underneath "THE LIGHT COMETH WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK" Arched doorcase with trefoil lights to fanlight and double doors with elaborate scrolled hinges. Chancel of 1914 has windows with reticulated tracery above flying buttresses with octagonal finials and continuous-light windows below. Lady chapel has double cinquefoil lights with tracery above buttresses. West front has end buttresses and central pointed arched window flanked by two lancets. Arched west door set in penticed porch with triple lancet window.

INTERIOR: Perpendicular style arcade and stained glass by Charles Eamer Kempe and Walter Ernest Tower.

Listing NGR: TQ3106805951

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Legacy System number:: 481274
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.