St Augustine's, Queen's Gate

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St Augustine's, Queen's Gate
51°29′36″N0°10′41″W / 51.4933°N 0.1780°W / 51.4933; -0.1780
Location Queen's Gate, Brompton, London
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Anglo-Catholic
History
Dedicated1876
Architecture
Architect(s) William Butterfield
Years built1865
Administration
Diocese Diocese of London
Episcopal area Kensington Episcopal Area
Archdeaconry Archdeaconry of Middlesex
Deanery Chelsea Deanary
Parish Holy Trinity w St Paul, Onslow Sq and St Augustine, Sth Kensington
Clergy
Vicar(s) The Revd Nicky Gumbel
Priest(s) The Revd Tom Jackson MBE

St Augustine's, Queen's Gate, is a Grade II* listed Anglican church in Queen's Gate, Brompton, London, England. The church was built in 1865, and the architect was William Butterfield. [1]

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History

In 1865 the curate of Holy Trinity, Brompton, the Reverend R. R. Chope, had a temporary iron church put up in his garden off Gloucester Road, and there he would conduct services which, for one writer of the time, were "the nearest approach to Romanism we have witnessed in an Anglican church … if indeed it be not very Popery itself under the thinnest guise of the Protestant name". Finding the temporary church inadequate, a group of influential members of his congregation approached the Church Commissioners later that year with a request for the formation of a new parish in South Kensington to be known as St Augustine's. They offered a 'benefaction' of £100 per annum, stipulating that the first incumbent should be Mr Chope. [2]

As there was no shortage of churches in the neighbourhood, the Bishop of London, A. C. Tait, objected strongly to the proposal and it was not until after he became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1868 that a site was purchased and the new parish formed. It was a difficult site, for although plans had been formulated to extend Queen's Gate to Old Brompton Road, at this time the road went no further than the crossing of Harrington Road. Access to the site had to be made through what is today Reece Mews, and the church plan was aligned with this. This accounts for the strange angle the church presents today in relation to Queen's Gate. [2]

William Butterfield was appointed architect, and the estimated cost of his plan was £18,000. As there was not enough money, it was proposed to build the church in two stages. The nave and aisles were ready for services in 1871. The chancel and sanctuary were completed in 1876. The seating capacity was for 853 people. [2] Gerald Hocken Knight was organist of St Augustine's from 1931 to 1937.

Present day

In 2010, St Augustine's was joined with the neighbouring parish of Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB). [3] It was fully absorbed into its parish in March 2011, with the parish being renamed "Holy Trinity w St Paul, Onslow Sq and St Augustine, Sth Kensington". [3] [4] [5] Unusually, given that HTB is a charismatic evangelical Anglican church, St Augustine's has "kept its Sung Eucharist, vestments and incense". [6] It stands within the Modern Catholic tradition of the Church of England. [4]

The Revd Paul Cowley, a curate of HTB was assigned to St Augustine's as its 'pastor'. He had no previous experience of High Church Anglicanism, [7] having trained for ordination at Oak Hill College (a conservative evangelical theological college) and served as a minister of HTB (a charismatic evangelical church). Though he learnt the High Mass that was the main service of St Augustine's, he made a number of changes: a faculty was obtained to remove the pews and replace them with chairs but original pews as agreed with English Heritage are clearly on display in various parts of the building. Clergy from HTB wear albs and coloured stoles appropriate to the liturgical seasons to celebrate the weekly 11 am Sung Eucharist. There is also a service of Holy Communion at 9 am . [8] A more informal, evening service was also introduced though this now takes place at St Paul's, Onslow Square. In November 2018 the Revd Tom Jackson took over from Revd Paul Cowley. Under both these priests the congregation has flourished and grown and is an example to the rest of the church as to how different church traditions can happily and fruitfully coexist in a spirit of mutual understanding and respect.

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References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST AUGUSTINE (1226161)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1992). The London Encyclopaedia (reprint ed.). Macmillan. p. 714. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Research Report: Holy Trinity Brompton Churches" (pdf). The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 "St Augustine Queens Gate, Kensington". A Church Near You. Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Malathouni, Christina (January 2011). "Casework: St Augustine's Church, Queen's Gate". Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Thompson, Damian (15 December 2012). "Alpha male: Can Nicky Gumbel and Holy Trinity Brompton save the Church of England?". The Spectator. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  7. ↑ HTB's Rev Paul Cowley talks about his MBE on YouTube
  8. ↑ Gledhill, Ruth (23 June 2014). "'God did a real number on me'". Christian Today. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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