A Commissioners' church is an Anglican church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Act 1818, and subsequent related Acts. Such churches have been given a number of titles, including "Commissioners' Churches", "Waterloo Churches" and "Million Act Churches". In some cases the Commissioners provided the full cost of the new church; in other cases they provided a grant and the balance was raised locally. This list contains the Commissioners' churches in the East of England and in South East England.
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Grade I | Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important. | ||||||||||||
Grade II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. | ||||||||||||
Grade II | Buildings of national importance and special interest. | ||||||||||||
"—" denotes a work that is not graded. |
Name and location | Photograph | Date | Grant in £ | Architect | Notes and refs. | Grade |
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St Paul, Southsea, Hampshire | — | 1820–22 | 16,869 | Francis Goodwin | Gothic Revival with four turrets. Bombed about 1941; demolished. [2] | — |
St John the Divine, Chatham, Kent 51°22′56″N0°31′21″E / 51.3823°N 0.5224°E | 1821–22 | 13,797 | Robert Smirke | Neoclassical Doric with a tower. Closed in 2004. [2] [3] | II* | |
St Mary the Virgin, Bransgore, Hampshire 50°46′36″N1°43′49″W / 50.7766°N 1.7302°W | 1822 | 2,649 | Joseph Hannaford | Gothic Revival with a tower. Chancel added 1873. [2] [4] | II | |
St George, Ramsgate, Kent 51°20′10″N1°25′04″E / 51.3361°N 1.4178°E | 1824–27 | 9,000 | Henry Hemsley | Gothic Revival with a west tower. Restored in 1884 and again in 1946. [2] [5] | I | |
Holy Trinity, Margate, Kent | — | 1825–28 | 10,000 | William Edmunds | Gothic Revival with a tower. Bombed and demolished. [6] | — |
St Peter, Brighton, East Sussex 50°49′43″N0°08′05″W / 50.8285°N 0.1348°W | 1826–28 | 4,858 | Charles Barry | Gothic Revival with a west tower. Chancel added 1906. [7] [8] | II* | |
Holy Trinity, Maidstone, Kent 51°16′30″N0°31′33″E / 51.2750°N 0.5257°E | 1826–28 | 7,373 | John Whichcord | Neoclassical Doric with a tower and steeple. Converted. [6] [9] | II | |
Holy Trinity, Tunbridge Wells, Kent 51°07′58″N0°15′44″E / 51.1328°N 0.2622°E | 1827–29 | 8,059 | Decimus Burton | Gothic Revival with a west tower. [6] [10] | II* | |
St John, Forton, Hampshire | — | 1829–30 | 3,731 | Benjamin Bramble | Gothic Revival with a bell turret. Replaced in 1890. [11] | — |
All Saints, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire 50°48′18″N1°05′10″W / 50.8049°N 1.0861°W | 1825–27 | 13,682 | Jacob Owen | Gothic Revival with a bell turret. Bombed and restored. [2] [12] | II | |
Holy Trinity, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire 51°41′32″N0°02′01″W / 51.6922°N 0.0337°W | 1831–32 | 1,783 | Edward Blore | Gothic Revival with a belfry. Chancel added 1913. Renamed Christ Church. [6] [13] | II | |
St Peter, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 52°36′10″N1°43′51″E / 52.6029°N 1.7309°E | 1831–33 | 5,755 | Joseph John Scoles | Gothic Revival in brick with a tower. Now Greek Orthodox. [14] [15] | II | |
Holy Trinity, Dover, Kent | — | 1833–35 | 3,556 | William Edmunds | Gothic Revival with a two turrets and spires. Demolished. [6] | — |
Holy Trinity, Sheerness, Kent 51°26′23″N0°45′50″E / 51.4398°N 0.7638°E | 1835–36 | 2,595 | George Ledwell Taylor | Gothic Revival in brick with a tower. [6] [16] | II | |
Christ Church, Brighton, East Sussex | — | 1837–38 | 500 | George Cheesman | Gothic Revival with an east tower and spire. Demolished. [7] | — |
Christ Church, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 52°12′28″N0°08′00″E / 52.2079°N 0.1334°E D | — | 1837–39 | 500 | Ambrose Poynter | Tudor Revival in brick with two west turrets. [17] [18] | II |
St Mary, Portsmouth, Hampshire | — | 1838 | 1,003 | Thomas Ellis Owen | Gothic Revival with a tower. Demolished about 1888. [11] | — |
St John, Brighton, East Sussex 50°49′26″N0°07′53″W / 50.8239°N 0.1315°W | 1838–39 | 1,000 | George Cheesman | Neoclassical Doric style. Now Greek Orthodox Church. [7] [19] | II | |
Holy Trinity, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire | — | 1839–40 | 1,086 | A. F. Livesay | Gothic Revival with a bell turret. In ruins. [11] | — |
St Paul, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 52°11′51″N0°07′46″E / 52.1976°N 0.1294°E | 1840–41 | 300 | Ambrose Poynter | Tudor Revival in brick with a west tower. Chancel added 1864; transepts in 1893. [17] [20] | II | |
St James, Milton, Hampshire | — | 1840–41 | 150 | A. F. Livesay | Norman Revival with a bell turret. Replaced in 1913. [11] | — |
Holy Trinity, Coates, Cambridgeshire 52°33′45″N0°04′33″W / 52.5626°N 0.0758°W | 1841 | 250 | James William Wild | Norman Revival in brick with a northeast tower. Aisles added in 1874 and 1890. [17] [21] | II | |
Holy Trinity, Halstead, Essex 51°56′36″N0°37′47″E / 51.9434°N 0.6296°E | 1843–44 | 500 | George Gilbert Scott and William Moffatt | Gothic Revival with a southwest tower and spire. [11] [22] | II* | |
St Peter, Southampton, Hampshire 50°54′33″N1°24′39″W / 50.9091°N 1.4108°W | 1843–44 | 350 | Owen Carter | Norman Revival with a tower and spire. Redundant since 1981. [11] [23] | II | |
St Thomas, West Hyde, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire 51°36′53″N0°30′41″W / 51.6148°N 0.5115°W | 1844 | 300 | Thomas Smith | Norman Revival with a turret. [6] [24] | II | |
Holy Trinity, Milton, Kent | — | 1844–45 | 600 | James Wilson | Gothic Revival style. [6] | — |
Holy Trinity, Oxford, Oxfordshire | — | 1844–45 | 300 | Henry Underwood | Gothic Revival with a bell turret. [25] | — |
St John the Evangelist, King's Lynn, Norfolk | — | 1845–46 | 500 | Anthony Salvin | Gothic Revival with a tower. Bombed; demolished. [14] | — |
St Paul, Brighton, East Sussex 50°49′19″N0°08′41″W / 50.8220°N 0.1446°W | 1846–48 | 1,000 | Richard Cromwell Carpenter | Gothic Revival with a tower. Spire added 1874; narthex 1887. [7] [26] | II* | |
St James, Gravesend, Kent | — | 1848–52 | 200 | Samuel Daukes | Gothic Revival with towers. Demolished 1968. [6] | — |
All Saints', Hockerill, Hertfordshire | — | 1850–51 | 160 | George Pritchett | Gothic Revival style. Burnt down in 1935 and replaced in 1936. [27] [28] | II |
Christ Church, South Banbury, Oxfordshire | — | 1851–52 | 350 | Benjamin Ferrey | Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Steeple added 1880. Demolished. [25] | — |
All Saints, Leavesden, Watford, Hertfordshire 51°41′44″N0°23′18″W / 51.6955°N 0.3884°W | — | 1852–53 | 125 | George Gilbert Scott | Gothic Revival style. Additions in 1920. [6] [29] | II |
St John the Baptist, Hove, East Sussex 50°49′37″N0°09′54″W / 50.8269°N 0.1649°W | 1853 | 5 | William and Edward Habershon | Gothic Revival style. Tower and spire added 1859. [7] [30] | II | |
St Luke, Southampton, Hampshire 50°54′50″N1°23′54″W / 50.9139°N 1.3982°W | 1853 | 250 | John Elliott | Gothic Revival with a turret. Now a Sikh temple. [11] [31] | II | |
Holy Trinity, Winchester, Hampshire 51°03′53″N1°18′40″W / 51.0648°N 1.3112°W | 1853 | 300 | Henry Woodyer | Gothic Revival with a turret. [11] [32] | II* | |
St Paul, Chatham, Kent | — | 1853–54 | 300 | Alexander Gough | Norman Revival with a tower. Restored 1890, demolished. [6] | — |
Christ Church, Lee Park, Kent | — | 1853–54 | 5 | George Gilbert Scott | Gothic Revival style. Steeple added 1877. Demolished. [6] | — |
Christ Church, Milton, Kent | — | 1854–56 | 125 | Richard Cromwell Carpenter | Gothic Revival with a central tower. Enlarged 1870. Replaced 1934. [6] | — |
Christ Church, Northam, Southampton | — | 1855–56 | 175 | Alfred Lock and John Duckett | Gothic Revival in brick. Demolished about 1890. [11] | — |
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