St Swithun's Church, Bournemouth

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St Swithun's Church
LOVECHURCH Bournemouth
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St Swithun's Church
50°43′16″N1°51′38″W / 50.72111°N 1.86056°W / 50.72111; -1.86056
Location Bournemouth
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Charismatic Evangelical
Website lovechurch.org.uk
History
StatusParish church
Founded1876
Dedication St Swithun
Dedicated1892
Architecture
Functional statusactive
Heritage designation Grade II listed
Designated1 August 1974
Administration
Diocese Winchester
Archdeaconry Bournemouth
Clergy
Priest in charge The Revd Tim Matthews

St Swithun's Church is a Grade II listed church in the town of Bournemouth, England. [1]

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History

The church was a product of the Revd. Alexander Morden Bennett's long campaign of High Anglican church building in Bournemouth, beginning in 1851 with his own church of St. Peter, the mother church of St Swithun. Together with St. Michael's Church, St. Swithun's was one of the town centre's churches to be designed by Richard Norman Shaw. The chancel was built from 1876 to 1877 and the nave was between 1891 and 1892. Other parts of the church such as the vestries were added c. 1913 by H. E Hawker, a local architect. [2]

On 1 August 1974, the church was designated a grade II listed building. [2]

By the 1990s the church was disused and deteriorating; most fittings were removed by the Diocese of Winchester before 1999. At that date it was leased by Bournemouth Family Church (later, Citygate Church), an independent evangelical organisation which later bought the building. The interior was re-floored, with additions built to the north, the remaining fittings moved to the sanctuary and the orientation reversed. [2]

In 2014, St Swithun's returned to use as an Anglican church, when it was purchased as the site of a church plant in the Charismatic Evangelical HTB Church network. [3] The plant was later rebranded as Lovechurch and further planted to two other churches in Bournemouth, but the name St. Swithun's is still referenced as the site name. [4]

In October 2020, the church received a government grant in support of the church's work in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST SWITHUN (Grade II) (1108865)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. "ST SWITHUN'S, BOURNEMOUTH - Charity 1162583". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  4. "LOVECHURCH Bournemouth - St Swithun's". LOVECHURCH. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  5. "Churches to receive portion of £4million government grant". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2022-04-14.

Coordinates: 50°43′16″N1°51′38″W / 50.72124°N 1.86066°W / 50.72124; -1.86066