St Edmund, Chingford

Last updated

St Edmund's Church, Chingford
St Edmund, Chingford 03.JPG
View of the western end of St Edmund's Church
St Edmund, Chingford
LocationLarkswood Road Chingford, London, E4 9DS
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
Website https://stedmund.org.uk/
History
StatusActive
Dedication Edmund the Martyr
Dedicated1909 (original building)
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designation Grade II listed
Designated24 February 1987
Architect(s) Nugent Cachemaille-Day
Style Simplified Perpendicular Gothic
Years built1938 (present building)
Administration
Diocese Chelmsford
Archdeaconry West Ham

The Church of St Edmund, Chingford, is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church at Larkswood Road, Chingford, in Greater London. [1]

History

St Edmund's Church was originally consecrated in January 1909 by the Bishop of St Albans as a chapel of ease for the parish church of St Peter and St Paul, Chingford, in a building now known as the Ryan Hall in Chingford Mount Road. [2] A church hall was built in 1927. [3]

The present church was built in 1938; the architect was Nugent Cachemaille-Day, [1] who was a leading British exponent of Expressionist architecture. [4] It has a nave of four bays, with two wide aisles, transepts and a short chancel. A low square tower is over the crossing. The style is described as "simplified perpendicular Gothic". [1] The exterior is clad in knapped flint, reflecting the vernacular Essex tradition. [5] A separate ecclesiastical parish was formed for St Edmund's in 1939. [3] It became a Grade II listed building in 1987. [1]

The original St Edmund's church building of 1909 in Chingford Mount Road, now known as Ryan Hall. St Edmund, Chingford 01.JPG
The original St Edmund's church building of 1909 in Chingford Mount Road, now known as Ryan Hall.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Historic England, "St Edmund, Chingford (1191122)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 7 September 2014
  2. ↑ "110 years of a Witnessing Community". stedmund.org.uk. St Edmund’s Church. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 Powell, W. R., ed. (1973). A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6. London: Victoria County History. pp. 97–114. ISBN   978-0197227190.
  4. ↑ Torry, Malcolm, ed. (2004). The Parish: People, Place and Ministry: a Theological and Practical Exploration. Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd. p. 104. ISBN   978-1853115868.
  5. ↑ Cherry, Bridget; O'Brien, Charles; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2005). London 5: East. New Haven CT and London: Yale University Press. p. 85. ISBN   978-0300107012.

51°36′55″N0°00′58″W / 51.615238°N 0.016184°W / 51.615238; -0.016184


Flag of Greater London.svg Christian cross.svg

This article about an Anglican church in Greater London is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.