All Saints United Reformed Church, Burgess Hill

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Burgess Hill URC
All Saints United Reformed Church, Burgess Hill
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Burgess Hill URC from the front
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Burgess Hill URC
Location in West Sussex
50°57′14″N0°07′30″W / 50.9539°N 0.1250°W / 50.9539; -0.1250 Coordinates: 50°57′14″N0°07′30″W / 50.9539°N 0.1250°W / 50.9539; -0.1250
Location Burgess Hill, West Sussex
CountryEngland
Denomination United Reformed Church
History
Founded1881
Dedication All Saints

All Saints Church is the United Reformed Church in Burgess Hill. Originally a Congregational church, it replaced Burgess Hill's first Congregational chapel in Grove Road. It was registered as Junction Road Church.

United Reformed Church Christian church organisation in the United Kingdom

The United Reformed Church (URC) is a Protestant Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 46,500 members in 1,383 congregations with 608 active ministers, including 13 church related community workers.

Burgess Hill town in West Sussex

Burgess Hill is a civil parish and a town located in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex, on the edge of the South Downs National Park. Located 39 mi (63 km) south of London, 10 mi (16 km) north of Brighton and Hove, and 29 mi (47 km) east-northeast of the county town of Chichester, it occupies an area of 3.7 sq mi (9.6 km2) and had a population of 30,635 at the time of the 2011 Census, making it the fourth most populous parish in the county and the most populous in the district. Other nearby towns include Haywards Heath to the North East and Lewes, the County town of East Sussex, to the South East.

It is a Classical building with a large portico and columns — an unusual style for such a late construction date (1881).

Classical architecture Architectural style

Classical architecture usually denotes architecture which is more or less consciously derived from the principles of Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, or sometimes even more specifically, from the works of the Roman architect Vitruvius. Different styles of classical architecture have arguably existed since the Carolingian Renaissance, and prominently since the Italian Renaissance. Although classical styles of architecture can vary greatly, they can in general all be said to draw on a common "vocabulary" of decorative and constructive elements. In much of the Western world, different classical architectural styles have dominated the history of architecture from the Renaissance until the second world war, though it continues to inform many architects to this day.

Portico Type of porch

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cultures, including most Western cultures.

John Betjeman thought it was the Burgess Hill's only decent piece of architecture.

John Betjeman English poet, writer and broadcaster

Sir John Betjeman was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack". He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 until his death.

The exterior was painted in 1986, and the pews were removed in 2001. [1]

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References

  1. Past Events, Burgess Hill Museum.