Open Churches and Places of Worship
| Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Church | Hove 50°49′49″N 0°10′03″W / 50.8303°N 0.1674°W / 50.8303; -0.1674 (All Saints Church, Hove) |
Anglican | A !I | The church, on one of Hove's main crossroads, was built by John Loughborough Pearson between 1889 and 1891 and became the parish church in 1892. It was extended in 1901 and 1924, although a proposed tower was never completed. The exterior is mainly Sussex sandstone; stone and oak predominate inside. | |
| St Bartholomew's Church | New England Quarter 50°49′51″N 0°08′14″W / 50.8308°N 0.1372°W / 50.8308; -0.1372 (St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton) |
Anglican | A !I | Arthur Wagner established a temporary church near Brighton railway station in 1868, but planned to build a much larger church to serve the same area. In 1873 he designed a building 170 feet (52 m) long, 58 feet (18 m) wide and 135 feet (41 m) high. This is taller than Westminster Abbey, and the nave is the highest of any parish church in Britain. | |
| St Michael and All Angels Church | Montpelier 50°49′39″N 0°08′59″W / 50.8274°N 0.1498°W / 50.8274; -0.1498 (St Michael's Church, Brighton) |
Anglican | A !I | This supplemented the nearby St Stephen's Church following the rapid development of the Montpelier and Clifton Hill areas west of Brighton railway station in the early 19th century. Originally a chapel of ease to St Nicholas' Church, it was given its own parish in the early 20th century. The large Italianate building is sometimes known as "The Cathedral of the Back Streets". | |
| St Wulfran's Church | Ovingdean 50°48′57″N 0°04′39″W / 50.8157°N 0.0775°W / 50.8157; -0.0775 (St Wulfran's Church, Ovingdean) |
Anglican | A !I | Ovingdean, an agricultural village north of Rottingdean, joined the Borough of Brighton in 1928. Its centrepiece is the 12th-century church, built of flint with a tower and "Sussex Cap" spire. It may have been damaged by the same French raiders who desecrated St Margaret's Church. Only one other church in England is dedicated to St Wulfran, a French archbishop. | |
| All Saints Church | Patcham 50°52′00″N 0°09′03″W / 50.8666°N 0.1507°W / 50.8666; -0.1507 (All Saints Church, Patcham) |
Anglican | B !II* | Patcham became part of the former Borough of Brighton in 1928; it was previously a separate village. A church was known to exist at the time of the Domesday Book, and the nave and parts of the chancel of the present building date from the 12th century. It was extensively restored in the 19th century. | |
| Chapel Royal | Brighton 50°49′21″N 0°08′22″W / 50.8226°N 0.1394°W / 50.8226; -0.1394 (Chapel Royal, Brighton) |
Anglican | B !II* | Brighton's second Anglican church was built to encourage the Prince Regent to attend church more often when he was staying in the town. He laid the foundation stone in 1793 and attended the first service in 1795, but later took offence at a sermon and stopped worshipping at the chapel. It was parished between 1896 and the mid-20th century. | |
| St Andrew's Church | Hove 50°49′43″N 0°10′30″W / 50.8286°N 0.1750°W / 50.8286; -0.1750 (St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Hove) |
Anglican | B !II* | The original parish church of Hove (and later Hove-cum-Preston, a combined parish that existed from 1531 to 1878) was of 12th-century origin, but fell into disrepair and was rebuilt by George Basevi in neo-Norman style in the 1830s after the population of Hove started to grow. | |
| St Barnabas Church | Hove 50°50′05″N 0°10′39″W / 50.8346°N 0.1774°W / 50.8346; -0.1774 (St Barnabas Church, Hove) |
Anglican | B !II* | The Vicar of Hove asked John Loughborough Pearson to build a church near Hove railway station in response to rapid residential development in the late 19th century. St Barnabas opened in 1883. The knapped flint and red-brick Early English style church is topped by a tall, narrow flèche. | |
| St Helen's Church | Hangleton 50°51′04″N 0°12′03″W / 50.8511°N 0.2009°W / 50.8511; -0.2009 (St Helen's Church, Hangleton) |
Anglican | B !II* | Hangleton became part of the former Borough of Hove in 1928. Originally a Norman church, it remained almost untouched in a high, isolated position on the South Downs above Hove until restoration in the 1870s. Despite other alterations, especially since Hangleton developed as a 1950s housing estate, the church retains much of its medieval character. | |
| St Margaret's Church | Rottingdean 50°48′24″N 0°03′27″W / 50.8068°N 0.0575°W / 50.8068; -0.0575 (St Margaret's Church, Rottingdean) |
Anglican | B !II* | The ancient parish church of Rottingdean was absorbed into Brighton in 1928. The Normans rebuilt a Saxon church in the 13th century, and much of this structure survives—despite damage caused by a French raid in 1377. The cruciform, flint-built church has a large churchyard. Rudyard Kipling, his uncle Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin all had links with the church. | |
| St Martin's Church | Round Hill 50°50′00″N 0°07′42″W / 50.8333°N 0.1284°W / 50.8333; -0.1284 (St Martin's Church, Brighton) |
Anglican | B !II* | Arthur Wagner built this church in 1875 using £3,000 set aside by his father for that purpose. A building committee, set up by Henry Wagner before his death, allowed Arthur Wagner and his half-brothers to choose the site themselves. | |
| St Mary the Virgin Church | Kemptown 50°49′13″N 0°07′46″W / 50.8203°N 0.1294°W / 50.8203; -0.1294 (St Mary the Virgin Church, Kemptown) |
Anglican | B !II* | This large, red-brick Victorian church, described as having "one of the best church interiors in Sussex", was built between 1877 and 1879. It replaced a Neoclassical building in the style of a Greek temple that collapsed in 1876, 50 years after it was founded on land donated by the Earl of Egremont. | |
| St Nicholas Church | West Hill 50°49′31″N 0°08′42″W / 50.8254°N 0.1449°W / 50.8254; -0.1449 (St Nicholas' Church, Brighton) |
Anglican | B !II* | Brighton's only Anglican church until the end of the 18th century was also its parish church until 1873. A church existed in the 11th century in the fishing village of Bristelmstune—probably on this site. The tower and some interior structures are 14th-century, but some Norman-era parts remain. The church survived a French raid in 1514. Richard Cromwell Carpenter rebuilt it in 1853 as a memorial to the Duke of Wellington. | |
| St Nicolas Church | Portslade 50°50′35″N 0°13′06″W / 50.8431°N 0.2182°W / 50.8431; -0.2182 (St Nicolas Church, Portslade) |
Anglican | B !II* | Portslade developed inland around a north–south Roman road. The parish church has 12th-century origins. Victorian restoration erased some 15th-century wall paintings, and an elaborate memorial chapel for a wealthy local family was added in 1874. | |
| St Paul's Church | Brighton 50°49′20″N 0°08′40″W / 50.8221°N 0.1444°W / 50.8221; -0.1444 (St Paul's Church, Brighton) |
Anglican | B !II* | This is the oldest of six churches built on the instruction of Henry Wagner in which Anglican worship still takes place. Three earlier churches have been demolished or sold. Opened in 1849 just before Wagner's son Arthur was ordained, it was intended as Arthur's own church, at which he could start his ecclesiastical career. He stayed for 52 years until his death in 1902. | |
| St Peter's Church | Brighton 50°49′42″N 0°08′06″W / 50.8283°N 0.1350°W / 50.8283; -0.1350 (St Peter's Church, Brighton) |
Anglican | B !II* | Brighton's parish church (since 1873) was designed by Charles Barry in the Gothic Revival style and built between 1824 and 1828 at a prominent location described at the time as "the entrance to the town". The Portland stone and Sussex sandstone building is costly to maintain, and has been proposed for redundancy by the Diocese of Chichester. In May 2009, Holy Trinity Brompton in London agreed to take it over. | |
| St Peter's Church | West Blatchington 50°50′50″N 0°11′06″W / 50.8472°N 0.1851°W / 50.8472; -0.1851 (St Peter's Church, West Blatchington) |
Anglican | B !II* | West Blatchington, a village on the South Downs east of Hangleton, was absorbed into the erstwhile Borough of Hove in 1928. Its medieval parish church fell into disrepair by the 17th century but was restored in the 1890s and extended in the 1960s by John Leopold Denman following substantial population growth in the area. | |
| Bishop Hannington Memorial Church | West Blatchington 50°50′34″N 0°11′14″W / 50.8428°N 0.1871°W / 50.8428; -0.1871 (Bishop Hannington Memorial Church) |
Anglican | C !II | This yellow brick church was built between 1938 and 1939 by Edward Maufe, the architect of Guildford Cathedral. The name commemorates James Hannington, first bishop of East Equatorial Africa, who was murdered in Uganda in 1885. Nikolaus Pevsner described the church as "Historicism at its most simplified". | |
| Church of the Annunciation | Hanover 50°49′46″N 0°07′47″W / 50.8294°N 0.1296°W / 50.8294; -0.1296 (Church of the Annunciation, Brighton) |
Anglican | C !II | This "Wagner church" was built in 1864 to serve the Hanover district, which at the time was a poor, densely populated area with no church. It became so popular that it had to be extended in 1881 (with difficulty on the narrow site surrounded by houses). Both the original construction costs and the rebuilding were financed entirely by Arthur Wagner. | |
| Church of the Good Shepherd | Prestonville 50°50′30″N 0°09′29″W / 50.8417°N 0.1580°W / 50.8417; -0.1580 (Church of the Good Shepherd, Preston, Brighton) |
Anglican | C !II | Edward Warren used variegated bricks and a simple Gothic style for this church, which was built between 1921 and 1922 on Dyke Road. It was built as a memorial to a former Vicar of the parish of Preston. | |
| St George's Church | Kemptown 50°49′06″N 0°07′09″W / 50.8182°N 0.1193°W / 50.8182; -0.1193 (St George's Church, Brighton) |
Anglican | C !II | Thomas Read Kemp laid out the Kemp Town estate on the cliffs east of Brighton in the 1820s. In 1824 he enlisted Charles Busby to build a church; construction cost £11,000 and took two years. Its parish, established in 1879, was extended twice in the 1980s after the nearby St Anne's and St Mark's Churches were closed. | |
| St John the Baptist's Church | Hove 50°49′36″N 0°09′53″W / 50.8268°N 0.1648°W / 50.8268; -0.1648 (St John the Baptist's Church, Hove) |
Anglican | C !II | This church was built in 1854 on a prominent site on one corner of Palmeira Square in Hove, to serve Brunswick—an exclusive residential area developed from the 1820s. It provided extra capacity to relieve the nearby St Andrew's Churches on Church Road and Waterloo Street. | |
| St John the Evangelist's Church | Preston Village 50°50′40″N 0°09′03″W / 50.8445°N 0.1509°W / 50.8445; -0.1509 (St John the Evangelist's Church, Preston, Brighton) |
Anglican | C !II | This very long, stone-built church with a narrow flèche and lancet windows was designed by Arthur Blomfield in 1902 and built by the Crawley-based James Longley & Company. The stone building, faced with rock, has a chancel (added in 1926), 5¼-bay nave with aisles, vestry and carved stone reredos. It has been the parish church of Preston Village since 1908. | |
| St Leonard's Church | Aldrington 50°49′58″N 0°12′14″W / 50.8329°N 0.2038°W / 50.8329; -0.2038 (St Leonard's Church, Aldrington) |
Anglican | C !II | St Leonard's is the parish church of Aldrington—a medieval village that became depopulated by 1800. Hove's rapid growth during the 19th century reinvigorated the area, and Richard Carpenter rebuilt the ruined church in the medieval style in 1878. The parish joined the district of Hove in 1893. | |
| St Luke's Church | Queen's Park 50°49′40″N 0°07′27″W / 50.8277°N 0.1243°W / 50.8277; -0.1243 (St Luke's Church, Queen's Park, Brighton) |
Anglican | C !II | St Luke's was provided to serve the housing development around Queen's Park, which had been laid out in 1824. The church was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield between 1881 and 1885 in the Early English revival style in flint with stone dressings. | |
| St Patrick's Church | Hove 50°49′34″N 0°09′28″W / 50.8260°N 0.1577°W / 50.8260; -0.1577 (St Patrick's Church, Hove) |
Anglican | C !II | Just on the Hove side of the border with Brighton, St Patrick's opened in 1858 and was originally dedicated to St James. Its parish was amalgamated with that of St Andrew's on Waterloo Street before the latter was closed in 1990. Most of the interior has been redeveloped as a night shelter and social centre for homeless and vulnerable people. | |
| St Philip's Church | Hove 50°49′50″N 0°11′20″W / 50.8306°N 0.1888°W / 50.8306; -0.1888 (St Philip's Church, Hove) |
Anglican | C !II | John Oldrid Scott built this church as a chapel of ease to St Leonard's Church in 1895. The Decorated Gothic church has multicoloured stone and brickwork, and now has its own parish. | |
| Church of the Ascension | Westdene 50°51′30″N 0°09′40″W / 50.8582°N 0.1611°W / 50.8582; -0.1611 (Church of the Ascension, Westdene) |
Anglican | D !– | Designed by architect John Wells-Thorpe and built on a sloping site, this brick church opened in 1958 in the middle of Westdene, an estate of mostly 1950s houses. It is part of the parish of All Saints Church, Patcham. | |
| Church of the Good Shepherd | Mile Oak 50°51′09″N 0°13′45″W / 50.8525°N 0.2292°W / 50.8525; -0.2292 (Church of the Good Shepherd, Mile Oak) |
Anglican | D !– | Architects Clayton, Black and Daviel designed the church, which was finished in 1967 and replaced a 1936 tin building. It was linked to St Nicolas Church in Portslade until it was assigned its own parish in 1994. The distinctive angled roof has six tall windows. | |
| Holy Cross Church | Aldrington 50°50′05″N 0°11′05″W / 50.8346°N 0.1846°W / 50.8346; -0.1846 (Holy Cross Church, Aldrington) |
Anglican | D !– | Now part of the Bishop Hannington Memorial Church's parish, this church was originally a mission hall linked to St Philip's Church, and had its own parish for a period from 1932. It opened in 1903 and follows the Conservative Evangelical tradition. | |
| Holy Cross Church | Woodingdean 50°50′11″N 0°04′35″W / 50.8365°N 0.0765°W / 50.8365; -0.0765 (Holy Cross Church, Woodingdean) |
Anglican | D !– | The green-roofed brick building, completed in 1968, occupies the site of a temporary church dating from 1941. | |
| St Andrew's Church | Moulsecoomb 50°50′45″N 0°06′45″W / 50.8458°N 0.1126°W / 50.8458; -0.1126 (St Andrew's Church, Moulsecoomb) |
Anglican | D !– | The Moulsecoomb estate developed in the 1920s and 1930s, and this church was provided at the south end in 1934 to replace a temporary building. The roof resembles an upside-down fishing vessel: Saint Andrew was a fisherman. | |
| St Andrew's Church | Portslade 50°50′00″N 0°12′49″W / 50.8333°N 0.2136°W / 50.8333; -0.2136 (St Andrew's Church, Portslade) |
Anglican | D !– | Portslade-by-Sea developed south of the old village in the 19th century. St Andrew's Church, built between 1863 and 1864 by Edmund Scott and extended in 1889, is now united with the parish of St Nicolas, but it originally had its own parish. | |
| St Cuthman's Church | Whitehawk 50°49′42″N 0°06′19″W / 50.8282°N 0.1054°W / 50.8282; -0.1054 (St Cuthman's Church, Whitehawk) |
Anglican | D !– | The first St Cuthman's Church on the Whitehawk estate was only six years old when it was destroyed by a Second World War bomb in 1943. Its replacement was built between 1951 and 1952 by John Leopold Denman. | |
| St Luke's Church | Prestonville 50°50′01″N 0°08′51″W / 50.8336°N 0.1475°W / 50.8336; -0.1475 (St Luke's Church, Seven Dials, Brighton) |
Anglican | D !– | This red-brick church, with a short clock tower topped by a spire which forms a local landmark, was built as the parish church of Prestonville, an area of good-quality 1860s housing, by John Hill in 1875. Nairn and Pevsner dismissed it with one word—"poor"—in their 1965 survey of Sussex buildings. | |
| St Mary Magdalene's Church | Coldean 50°51′50″N 0°06′38″W / 50.8638°N 0.1105°W / 50.8638; -0.1105 (St Mary Magdalene's Church, Coldean) |
Anglican | D !– | The 18th-century barn which houses the church is the only remaining pre-20th century building on the Coldean housing estate. The former farm building was converted into a church in 1955. | |
| St Matthias Church | Hollingdean 50°50′45″N 0°08′05″W / 50.8457°N 0.1346°W / 50.8457; -0.1346 (St Matthias Church, Brighton) |
Anglican | D !– | The main church in the parish and benefice of St Matthias, which serves a large area of northeast Brighton, St Matthias was built on Ditchling Road in 1907 by Lacy W. Ridge. It is an Early English Gothic Revival red-brick church with a circular tower, short spire and hammerbeam roof. | |
| St Nicholas' Church | Saltdean 50°48′19″N 0°02′19″W / 50.8054°N 0.0386°W / 50.8054; -0.0386 (St Nicholas' Church, Saltdean) |
Anglican | D !– | Dedicated to Saint Nicholas by Bishop of Chichester Roger Plumpton Wilson in 1965 and consecrated in 1970, Edward Maude's church of greyish stone blocks superseded the Saltdean estate's older temporary church. | |
| St Richard's Church | The Knoll 50°50′24″N 0°12′04″W / 50.8399°N 0.2011°W / 50.8399; -0.2011 (St Richard's Church, The Knoll, Hangleton) |
Anglican | D !– | Andrew Carden designed this grey-brick church for The Knoll housing estate, at the south end of Hangleton and within St Helen's parish, in 1961. It replaced a nearby hall which opened in 1932 and took St Richard's name in 1937. | |
| St Richard of Chichester's Church | Hollingdean 50°50′35″N 0°07′36″W / 50.8431°N 0.1268°W / 50.8431; -0.1268 (St Richard of Chichester's Church, Hollingdean) |
Anglican | D !– | Part of the parish and benefice of St Matthias, Hollingdean's church was built as a chapel of ease to St Matthias Church in 1954. Local architectural firm Clayton, Black and Daviel were responsible for the small brick building. | |
| St John the Baptist's Church | Kemptown 50°49′10″N 0°07′34″W / 50.8194°N 0.1261°W / 50.8194; -0.1261 (St John the Baptist's Church, Brighton) |
Roman Catholic | B !II* | The earliest surviving Roman Catholic church in the city was the fourth Catholic church to be consecrated in England since the Reformation, although many had been built since the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 allowed this to happen. St John the Baptist's is a stuccoed building in the Classical style. It contains Maria Fitzherbert's tomb, and was England's first electrically lit Catholic church. | |
| St Joseph's Church | Brighton 50°49′55″N 0°07′40″W / 50.8320°N 0.1279°W / 50.8320; -0.1279 (St Joseph's Church, Brighton) |
Roman Catholic | B !II* | In the 1870s, a widow donated £10,000 of bonds to build a church on Elm Grove in memory of her husband and to replace a mission chapel there. It took 27 years to complete and cost £15,000. William Kedo Broder's design of 1880 was reduced in scope after his death the next year: a planned tower and spire were not built. Other architects made additions in 1885, 1901 and 1906, when the church opened in its present form. The tall, mostly Kentish Ragstone church has Bath Stone dressings and a green slate roof. | |
| Church of the Sacred Heart | Hove 50°49′47″N 0°10′15″W / 50.8298°N 0.1709°W / 50.8298; -0.1709 (Church of the Sacred Heart, Hove) |
Roman Catholic | C !II | Father George Oldham left money in his will to fund a chapel of ease to his church, St Mary Magdalen's. London-based John Crawley designed the first (eastern) section, but died just before the opening date of 28 September 1881; J.S. Hansom, who took over his architectural practice, extended the church at the western end, and it reopened in 1887. In the early 20th century a Lady chapel and presbytery were added on the north and south sides respectively. | |
| St Mary Magdalen's Church | Montpelier 50°49′32″N 0°08′59″W / 50.8256°N 0.1496°W / 50.8256; -0.1496 (St Mary Magdalen's Church, Brighton) |
Roman Catholic | C !II | Brighton's second oldest Roman Catholic church was partly opened in 1861 and completed in 1862. Gilbert Blount designed and built the church, which opened formally on 16 August 1864 after he extended the nave. The 13th-century Early English/Decorated Gothic-style building is mostly red-brick with stone dressings, and adjoins a presbytery and parish hall (originally a school). Services include a weekly Mass in Polish. | |
| St Peter's Church | Aldrington 50°50′01″N 0°11′06″W / 50.8335°N 0.1849°W / 50.8335; -0.1849 (St Peter's Church, Aldrington) |
Roman Catholic | C !II | The present church cost £9,000 and replaced the church hall, which had been used for worship, in 1915. Described by English Heritage as "startling" because of its tall campanile and its basilica-style prominence, the red-brick, slate-roofed church was reportedly designed by architects Claude and John Kelly, a father-and-son partnership. There are many marble interior decorations and fittings. The entrance, with a rose window above, is in the western end, next to the campanile. | |
| Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Queen of Peace | Rottingdean 50°48′20″N 0°03′24″W / 50.8056°N 0.0568°W / 50.8056; -0.0568 (Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Queen of Peace, Rottingdean) |
Roman Catholic | D !– | Built in 1957 by Sussex-born architect Henry Bingham Towner, the church—a modern interpretation of the Sussex style of Gothic architecture, of flint-covered brick with stone dressings—occupies an elevated position on the edge of Rottingdean. A stained glass west window was added in 2000. | |
| St Francis of Assisi Church | Moulsecoomb 50°51′06″N 0°06′31″W / 50.8518°N 0.1087°W / 50.8518; -0.1087 (St Francis of Assisi Church, Moulsecoomb) |
Roman Catholic | D !– | This church, on Moulsecoomb Way on the Moulsecoomb estate, was used as an Anglican church until 1953, but now serves the Roman Catholic community and is administered from St Joseph's Church. | |
| St George's Church | West Blatchington 50°50′48″N 0°11′01″W / 50.8468°N 0.1837°W / 50.8468; -0.1837 (St George's Church, West Blatchington) |
Roman Catholic | D !– | A hall and the Grenadier Hotel in Hangleton were used for Roman Catholic worship until St George's was built to serve West Blatchington and Hangleton. The 1968 church was originally linked to St Peter's in Aldrington. High-quality interior decoration and stained glass were created by a former priest with art training. | |
| St Mary's Church | Preston Park 50°50′41″N 0°08′45″W / 50.8447°N 0.1458°W / 50.8447; -0.1458 (St Mary's Church, Preston, Brighton) |
Roman Catholic | D !– | In 1903, the Sisters of Charity and Christian Instruction of Nevers established themselves in Withdean, then within the parish of St Joseph's. They acquired land close to Preston Park in 1907, and architect Percy Lamb started work on a new church for the area on 9 August 1910. St Mary's Church celebrated its first service in 1912. The building is of Kentish Ragstone and Bath Stone with a slate roof, and is in the Gothic style. A new sanctuary was added in 1978. | |
| St Patrick's Church | Woodingdean 50°49′39″N 0°03′51″W / 50.8276°N 0.0643°W / 50.8276; -0.0643 (St Patrick's Church, Woodingdean) |
Roman Catholic | D !– | Designed by John Wells-Thorpe and opened in 1959 as an Anglican church (the Church of the Resurrection), this later became a Roman Catholic church, administered by the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Queen of Peace in Rottingdean. | |
| St Thomas More Church | Patcham 50°51′34″N 0°08′32″W / 50.8595°N 0.1423°W / 50.8595; -0.1423 (St Thomas More Church, Patcham) |
Roman Catholic | D !– | Rapid residential development in Patcham justified the construction of this church in 1963. A proposed bell tower was proscribed because it might dominate the adjacent Anglican Church of Christ the King; but a timber geodesic dome was allowed, and a large steel cross was erected in 1991. The low, square building incorporates brick, concrete and large areas of glass, including some stained glass. | |
| Holland Road Baptist Church | Hove 50°49′38″N 0°09′41″W / 50.8271°N 0.1614°W / 50.8271; -0.1614 (Holland Road Baptist Church, Hove) |
Baptist | C !II | In 1887, a group of Christians who met at a gymnasium in Hove received funding to build their own church, which was designed by John Wills of Derby. The pale Purbeck stone western frontage and buttressed tower can be seen from the street, and there is a hammerbeam roof. The capacity of 700 has been augmented by an early 21st-century church hall. | |
| Ebenezer Reformed Baptist Church | Carlton Hill 50°49′36″N 0°08′01″W / 50.8267°N 0.1335°W / 50.8267; -0.1335 (Ebenezer Reformed Baptist Church, Brighton) |
Baptist | D !– | This started in an 1825 Neo-Renaissance building which incorporated a school and dormitory for boarding pupils. This was demolished in 1966 and replaced by C.J. Wood's brick building which was in turn demolished in 2007. The site was redeveloped with affordable housing which incorporated a church at ground-floor level. | |
| Florence Road Baptist Church (One Church Brighton) | Brighton 50°50′17″N 0°08′08″W / 50.8380°N 0.1356°W / 50.8380; -0.1356 (Florence Road Baptist Church, Brighton) |
Baptist | D !– | Architect George Baines designed this large, flint-built, Early English revival-style church near London Road railway station, which was built between 1894 and 1895. Many of the brick-faced lancet windows contain stained glass, and the church has a tower and a tall, narrow spire. It joined the Gloucester Place church in 2010 in a partnership called "One Church Brighton". | |
| Galeed Strict Baptist Chapel | North Laine 50°49′38″N 0°08′28″W / 50.8273°N 0.1410°W / 50.8273; -0.1410 (Galeed Strict Baptist Chapel, North Laine) |
Baptist | D !– | Benjamin Nunn designed this simple Neoclassical chapel in 1868. Its stuccoed south-facing frontage has three evenly-spaced doors and three first-floor windows above them. An inscription below the pediment reads galeed a.d. 1868. The original plain interior remains. The church is aligned with the Gospel Standard movement. | |
| Gloucester Place Baptist Church | Brighton 50°49′35″N 0°08′09″W / 50.8263°N 0.1359°W / 50.8263; -0.1359 (Gloucester Place Baptist Church, Brighton) |
Baptist | D !– | George Baines built this chapel in 1904 to replace the Queen Square Baptist Church, which had opened in 1857. The northern tower was cut down after it suffered bomb damage during World War II. It joined the Florence Road church in 2010 in a partnership called "One Church Brighton". | |
| Montpelier Place Baptist Church | Montpelier 50°49′37″N 0°09′15″W / 50.8269°N 0.1541°W / 50.8269; -0.1541 (Montpelier Place Baptist Church, Brighton) |
Baptist | D !– | This modern brick building was opened in 1967 on the site of an Episcopal church called the Emmanuel Church. It straddles the Brighton/Hove boundary in the Montpelier area of the city. | |
| Oasis Christian Fellowship Church | Hangleton 50°50′52″N 0°12′04″W / 50.8479°N 0.2010°W / 50.8479; -0.2010 (Oasis Christian Fellowship Church, Hangleton) |
Baptist | D !– | Although described as an evangelical group, the Fellowship is part of the Baptist Union of Great Britain as well as the Evangelical Alliance. Since 1998 it has occupied this steep-roofed church, which opened in 1957 and was associated with the Holland Road Baptist Church. | |
| Portslade Baptist Church | Portslade 50°50′32″N 0°13′09″W / 50.8421°N 0.2192°W / 50.8421; -0.2192 (Portslade Baptist Church, Portslade) |
Baptist | D !– | The church was built on South Street in 1961 to replace a large Gothic chapel of 1891 on Chapel Place, as a result of population movement between the two areas. | |
| Providence Chapel | West Hill 50°49′45″N 0°08′43″W / 50.8293°N 0.1452°W / 50.8293; -0.1452 (Providence Chapel) |
Baptist | D !– | Charles Hewitt designed this red-brick chapel in 1894–96 as the Nathaniel Reformed Episcopal Church. It was registered for marriages in 1898, but was closed and deregistered in 1961. A Strict Baptist community displaced from Church Street in 1965 then acquired it. It was shared briefly by the Ebenezer Reformed Baptist Church while their premises in Ivory Place were being rebuilt. | |
| West Hove Community Baptist Church | Aldrington 50°50′01″N 0°11′02″W / 50.8336°N 0.1838°W / 50.8336; -0.1838 (Rutland Gospel Hall, Hove) |
Baptist | D !– | The Cliftonville Congregational Church donated land for a mission hall, which was planned in 1896 and built in 1900 of red brick and terracotta. Hove's first mayor laid the foundation stone. The hall, called Rutland Gospel Hall, was sold in the 1930s to fund the building of the Hounsom Memorial Church, but is now used by Baptists. | |
| Christian Arabic Evangelical Church | Aldrington 50°50′16″N 0°12′12″W / 50.8379°N 0.2032°W / 50.8379; -0.2032 (Christian Arabic Evangelical Church, Portslade) |
Evangelical | D !– | Situated on Old Shoreham Road, this converted bungalow was the Aldrington Evangelical Free Church from its founding in 1938 until the early 21st century. It has been extended several times. | |
| New Life Church | Moulsecoomb 50°51′14″N 0°06′27″W / 50.8540°N 0.1076°W / 50.8540; -0.1076 (New Life Church, Moulsecoomb) |
Evangelical | D !– | The original St George's Hall, a chapel of ease to St Andrew's Church, was built in North Moulsecoomb in May 1930. It later fell out of religious use but continued as a community facility. The hall was rebuilt in 1989 and retained its old name. An Evangelical congregation now uses the building as its place of worship. | |
| Church of Christ the King | New England Quarter 50°49′57″N 0°08′24″W / 50.8324°N 0.1399°W / 50.8324; -0.1399 (Church of Christ the King, Brighton) |
Evangelical | D !– | This is a Newfrontiers evangelical church based at the Clarendon Centre near Brighton railway station. The converted electrical warehouse has housed the congregation (founded in 1978 as the Brighton & Hove Christian Fellowship, with assistance from Newfrontiers leader Terry Virgo) since 1991. | |
| City Gate Church | Brighton 50°49′58″N 0°08′15″W / 50.8327°N 0.1376°W / 50.8327; -0.1376 (City Gate Church, Brighton) |
Evangelical | D !– | Now occupying a building on the east side of London Road, this Evangelical group was founded in 1981 and is part of the Pioneer Network of Churches. Worship takes place here and in private houses. | |
| Park Hill Evangelical Church | Queen's Park 50°49′24″N 0°07′41″W / 50.8233°N 0.1280°W / 50.8233; -0.1280 (Park Hill Evangelical Church, Brighton) |
Evangelical | D !– | Herbert Buckwell built this church in 1894 as a Presbyterian church, St Andrew's. It became the Park Hill Evangelical Church in 1943. | |
| Calvary Evangelical Church | Round Hill 50°50′01″N 0°08′17″W / 50.8336°N 0.1380°W / 50.8336; -0.1380 (Calvary Evangelical Church, Brighton) |
Evangelical | D !– | This Early English-style Primitive Methodist chapel, built of yellow brick in 1876, later became the Brighton Railway Mission. It now houses an independent Evangelical congregation and, since 2006, the Brighton and Hove City Mission. | |
| Southern Cross Evangelical Church | Southern Cross 50°50′15″N 0°13′00″W / 50.8376°N 0.2166°W / 50.8376; -0.2166 (Southern Cross Evangelical Church, Brighton) |
Evangelical | D !– | The present white-painted brick church of 1907 replaced an iron hut of 1890. The 250-capacity building, in the southwestern part of Portslade, took its present name in 1967. | |
| Brighthelm Church and Community Centre | Brighton 50°49′34″N 0°08′31″W / 50.8260°N 0.1419°W / 50.8260; -0.1419 (Brighthelm Church and Community Centre, Brighton) |
United Reformed Church | D !– | This was opened in 1987 in the grounds of the Grade II-listed Hanover Chapel, which was built as an independent chapel in 1825, became the Brighton Presbyterian Church in 1847 and merged with the nearby Union Chapel's Congregational community when the latter closed in 1972. The chapel is still part of the new church complex. | |
| Central United Reformed Church | Hove 50°49′51″N 0°10′20″W / 50.8308°N 0.1723°W / 50.8308; -0.1723 (Central United Reformed Church, Hove) |
United Reformed Church | D !– | Cliftonville and St Cuthbert's Churches merged in 1980 to form this church. Cliftonville, in central Hove, was built as a Congregational Church in 1867 by H.N. Goulty. It is a stone building in the Early English Gothic Revival style. St Cuthbert's was a Presbyterian church of 1911 in the Decorated Gothic style with terracotta dressings. The Central United Reformed Church moved into the Cliftonville church premises; the vacant St Cuthbert's Church was demolished in 1984. | |
| Hounsom Memorial Church | Hangleton 50°50′39″N 0°11′33″W / 50.8443°N 0.1925°W / 50.8443; -0.1925 (Hounsom Memorial United Reformed Church, Hangleton) |
United Reformed Church | D !– | Founded in 1938 and opened in 1939 on the Hangleton estate, and financed by the sale of Rutland Gospel Hall, John Leopold Denman's 350-capacity building uses bricks and tiles from nearby Ringmer and has a tower topped by a figure of Saint Christopher. | |
| Lewes Road United Reformed Church | Brighton 50°50′23″N 0°07′23″W / 50.8397°N 0.1231°W / 50.8397; -0.1231 (Lewes Road United Reformed Church, Brighton) |
United Reformed Church | D !– | This modern building replaced the former Congregational church further north on Lewes Road—an Italian Gothic-style building designed by A. Harford. | |
| Portslade United Reformed Church | Portslade 50°49′56″N 0°12′29″W / 50.8323°N 0.2081°W / 50.8323; -0.2081 (Portslade United Reformed Church, Portslade) |
United Reformed Church | D !– | Portslade's first Congregational church was a tin hall in 1875; services were also held on a barge anchored in nearby Shoreham Harbour. A flint church with red brick dressings was built in 1903, and was superseded by a new brick building with stone facings in 1932. This was built next to the original church, which then became the church hall. | |
| St Martin's United Reformed Church | Saltdean 50°48′12″N 0°02′01″W / 50.8034°N 0.0336°W / 50.8034; -0.0336 (St Martin's United Reformed Church, Saltdean) |
United Reformed Church | D !– | The adjacent church hall was used for worship between 1949 and 1957, when Peter Winton-Lewis designed and built St Martin's Church for the Presbyterian community. Under the name St Martin's Presbyterian Church of England, it was registered for marriages in July 1957. | |
| Hove Methodist Church | Hove 50°49′58″N 0°10′45″W / 50.8328°N 0.1792°W / 50.8328; -0.1792 (Hove Methodist Church) |
Methodist | C !II | Designed and built in 1895 by architect John Wills in a Romanesque Revival style in red brick with white stone facings and dressings, this church features a large rose window in the south face. Below this, a porch with twin pointed roofs and multi-coloured glass is a later addition. The interior fittings still reflect their 19th-century origins. A wooden gallery runs below the hammerbeam roof. | |
| Dorset Gardens Methodist Church | East Cliff 50°49′17″N 0°08′02″W / 50.8213°N 0.1340°W / 50.8213; -0.1340 (Dorset Gardens Methodist Church) |
Methodist | D !– | The 2003 building is the third Methodist church to stand on this site. Its forerunners were Brighton's first Methodist church, built in 1808, and a completely rebuilt successor from 1884. The latter was extended in 1929, greatly increasing its capacity, and had an Italianate tower. The new brick, concrete and red tile church cost £1.6 million. | |
| Patcham Methodist Church | Patcham 50°51′50″N 0°08′40″W / 50.8640°N 0.1444°W / 50.8640; -0.1444 (Patcham Methodist Church) |
Methodist | D !– | A 16th-century barn built of wood (supposedly from a shipwrecked Spanish Armada vessel) and flint was used as a church between 1935 and 1968, when the present church was built on its site. Its modern design offers flexibility for various uses. | |
| Stanford Avenue Methodist Church | Preston Park 50°50′27″N 0°08′14″W / 50.8408°N 0.1371°W / 50.8408; -0.1371 (Stanford Avenue Methodist Church) |
Methodist | D !– | E.J. Hamilton, also responsible for a former Methodist church in Hove and the original Salvation Army citadel in Brighton, built this church in the Early English revival style between 1897 and 1898. The red-brick, stone-faced building has lancet windows and a small spire. | |
| Woodingdean Methodist Church | Woodingdean 50°49′48″N 0°04′12″W / 50.8299°N 0.0700°W / 50.8299; -0.0700 (Woodingdean Methodist Church) |
Methodist | D !– | This church was opened on a main road in the Woodingdean estate in 1953. In 1986 it was substantially extended. | |
| Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation Synagogue | Hove 50°49′48″N 0°10′57″W / 50.8301°N 0.1826°W / 50.8301; -0.1826 (Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, Hove) |
Jewish (Ashkenazi) | D !– | The Ashkenazi community bought two houses on New Church Road in the 1930s and engaged William Willett to build a synagogue in the grounds in 1955. It was started during Hanukkah in 1958 and consecrated three years later. The former Middle Street Synagogue is also owned by the congregation. | |
| Hove Hebrew Congregation Synagogue | Hove 50°49′41″N 0°09′40″W / 50.8281°N 0.1610°W / 50.8281; -0.1610 (Hove Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, Hove) |
Jewish (Ashkenazi) | D !– | Chief Rabbi Joseph Hertz laid the first stone of this synagogue, built between 1929 and 1930 by M.K. Glass in a style reminiscent of the Jugendstil movement, similar to Art Nouveau. It follows the Ashkenazi tradition. | |
| Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue | Hove 50°49′39″N 0°09′32″W / 50.8276°N 0.1589°W / 50.8276; -0.1589 (Hove Progressive Synagogue) |
Jewish (Progressive) | D !– | The local Progressive Jewish community was founded in 1935, and worshipped in private houses until it acquired and rebuilt a gymnasium on Lansdowne Road in 1937. This was consecrated in 1938, rebuilt in 1949 and given its current name in 1976. Edward Lewis designed the synagogue in the International style. | |
| Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue | Hove 50°49′47″N 0°09′46″W / 50.8296°N 0.1627°W / 50.8296; -0.1627 (Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue) |
Jewish (Reform) | D !– | Part of the Movement for Reform Judaism, this synagogue was founded in 1967 to serve a rapidly growing community. The 400-capacity building was designed by Derek Sharp and was built on land donated by Lord (Lewis) Cohen of Brighton. A plaque indicates that the foundation stone was laid on 17 July 1966, or in the Hebrew calendar, 29 Tammuz 5726. | |
| Kingdom Hall | Aldrington 50°50′00″N 0°11′16″W / 50.8333°N 0.1878°W / 50.8333; -0.1878 (Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall, Reynolds Road, Hove) |
Jehovah's Witnesses | D !– | This is located on Reynolds Road in the Aldrington area of Hove, on the site of a Kingdom Hall built in 1950 and demolished in 1999. It is used by the Hove and Portslade Congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses. | |
| Kingdom Hall | Seven Dials 50°49′47″N 0°09′08″W / 50.8297°N 0.1522°W / 50.8297; -0.1522 (Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall, Osmond Road, Hove) |
Jehovah's Witnesses | D !– | This Kingdom Hall is situated on Osmond Road on the border of Brighton and Hove. It was registered for solemnising marriages in March 1985, and is used by the Brighton, Central and Brighton, Patcham Congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses. | |
| Kingdom Hall | Woodingdean 50°50′05″N 0°05′14″W / 50.8347°N 0.0872°W / 50.8347; -0.0872 (Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall, Woodingdean) |
Jehovah's Witnesses | D !– | The low, brick-built structure with a tiled roof is on Warren Road on the Woodingdean estate. It replaced a building on Bernard Road, and was registered for marriages in May 1994. It is used by three Brighton-based Congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses: East, Elm Grove and Woodingdean. | |
| Al-Madina Mosque | Brighton 50°49′26″N 0°09′15″W / 50.8239°N 0.1541°W / 50.8239; -0.1541 (Al-Madina Mosque, Hove) |
Muslim | D !– | The city has no purpose-built mosques, but this converted house in Bedford Place, on the Brighton/Hove border, is one of two former houses that now serve as mosques. | |
| Al-Quds Mosque | Prestonville 50°50′05″N 0°09′03″W / 50.8347°N 0.1508°W / 50.8347; -0.1508 (Al-Quds Mosque, Prestonville) |
Muslim | D !– | This mosque is on Dyke Road in Brighton, opposite Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College. A group of Muslims who were visiting Brighton and Hove in the 1970s donated money to fund an Islamic centre and mosque. The community bought a converted house, formerly a nursery. | |
| Shahjalal Muslim Cultural Centre | Aldrington 50°50′02″N 0°11′25″W / 50.8338°N 0.1904°W / 50.8338; -0.1904 (Shahjalal Muslim Cultural Centre, Aldrington) |
Muslim | D !– | Once used by the Foresters Friendly Society, this building on Portland Road has been converted into a mosque and Muslim community centre. When the proposal was announced in September 1998, the council asked for a buzzer system to be used instead of an amplified adhān. They then granted permission in 2005 for extra Friday meetings. | |
| Bevendean Community Church | Bevendean 50°50′31″N 0°05′39″W / 50.8420°N 0.0941°W / 50.8420; -0.0941 (Bevendean Community Church) |
Salvation Army | D !– | Army halls in Moulsecoomb and Kemptown were closed in the 1950s and 1960s respectively; but in 1970 the Salvation Army licensed the former Lower Bevendean Evangelical Free Church (opened in 1959) as the base for the Brighton Bevendean Corps. | |
| Brighton Salvation Army Citadel | Round Hill 50°49′57″N 0°08′00″W / 50.8324°N 0.1332°W / 50.8324; -0.1332 (Brighton Salvation Army Citadel) |
Salvation Army | D !– | E.J. Hamilton's 1883 Congress Hall, in grey brick and terracotta-dressed stone with towers and battlemented parapets, was opened by Catherine Booth, the wife of the Army's founder. Its poor condition led to its demolition in 2000; the 200 members moved to the nearby Preston Barracks until architect David Greenwood's new octagonal citadel was built. The public were encouraged to donate by "buying a brick". | |
| Hove Salvation Army Citadel | Hove 50°50′09″N 0°10′38″W / 50.8357°N 0.1771°W / 50.8357; -0.1771 (Hove Congress Hall) |
Salvation Army | D !– | The Army have been established in Hove since 1882, at a Hall in Conway Street, near Hove station. The building was founded in 1890 and has a large, mostly blank western face fronting Sackville Road. | |
| Goldstone Gospel Hall | West Blatchington 50°50′56″N 0°10′52″W / 50.8489°N 0.1810°W / 50.8489; -0.1810 (Goldstone Valley Gospel Hall) |
Brethren | D !– | Edward Avenue, on which this church stands, was developed in the late 1950s. Services are held on Wednesdays and Sundays. When originally registered as a place of worship, its name was simply The Room. | |
| Rudyard Hall | Woodingdean 50°50′08″N 0°03′59″W / 50.8355°N 0.0663°W / 50.8355; -0.0663 (Rudyard Hall, Woodingdean) |
Brethren | D !– | This building on Rudyard Road was registered as a Brethren place of worship. | |
| Brighton and Hove Central Spiritualist Church | Montpelier 50°49′33″N 0°09′18″W / 50.8258°N 0.1549°W / 50.8258; -0.1549 (Brighton and Hove Central Spiritualist Church) |
Spiritualist | D !– | Between 1966 and 1980, the community met in a room in a building in nearby Norfolk Terrace. Their new place of worship, a building on Boundary Passage (a twitten straddling the Brighton and Hove parish boundaries), was registered for marriages in April 1984. | |
| Brighton National Spiritualist Church | Carlton Hill 50°49′20″N 0°07′53″W / 50.8223°N 0.1313°W / 50.8223; -0.1313 (Brighton National Spiritualist Church) |
Spiritualist | D !– | This mid-1960s building is a distinctive, curvaceous design by the architectural firm Overton and Partners. It replaced a chapel on nearby Mighell Street, built in 1878, which had been used by Baptists until 1927 and Spiritualists thereafter. | |
| Bodhisattva Mahayna Buddhist Centre | Hove 50°49′39″N 0°09′23″W / 50.8274°N 0.1565°W / 50.8274; -0.1565 (Bodhisattva Mahayna Buddhist Centre, Hove) |
Buddhist (New Kadampa Tradition) | C !II | A Buddhist group raised money for two years to move their cultural centre and place of worship from Vernon Terrace to the former St Anne's Convent, an early-19th-century Classical/Greek Revival building originally called Wick Lodge. The three-bay convent chapel was converted into worship space for the 25 residents and visitors. A wide altar and Buddha figure sit alongside an original stained glass window of the Virgin and Child. | |
| City Coast Church | Portslade 50°49′51″N 0°12′36″W / 50.8309°N 0.2099°W / 50.8309; -0.2099 (City Coast Church, Portslade) |
Christian Outreach Centre | D !– | The Christian Outreach Centre movement, founded in Australia in 1974, established its first European church at Newtown Road in Hove in 1993. Within 12 months, 350 people were attending services. In November 1999 the church moved to a modern building in Portslade. | |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist | Montpelier 50°49′34″N 0°09′07″W / 50.8261°N 0.1519°W / 50.8261; -0.1519 (First Church of Christ Scientist, Brighton) |
Christian Scientist | D !– | Originally a house, the building is contemporary with other mid-19th century buildings on Montpelier Road. In 1921 Clayton & Black converted it into a church; it was extended to the south and topped with an intricately carved pediment. | |
| Oxford Street Chapel | Brighton 50°49′52″N 0°08′07″W / 50.8310°N 0.1354°W / 50.8310; -0.1354 (Oxford Street Chapel, Brighton) |
Church of Christ | D !– | This small, stuccoed chapel in the Renaissance style was built in 1890 by architect Parker Anscombe. It has been used by a Church of Christ congregation since the late 1910s. | |
| Mile Oak Gospel Hall | Mile Oak 50°51′04″N 0°13′41″W / 50.8510°N 0.2280°W / 50.8510; -0.2280 (Mile Oak Gospel Hall) |
Churches of God | D !– | The sale of a Primitive Methodist chapel in Portslade in the 1960s funded this new church, which was started in 1966. It is affiliated with the Churches of God movement. | |
| St Mary and St Abraam Church | Hove 50°49′52″N 0°09′21″W / 50.8311°N 0.1558°W / 50.8311; -0.1558 (St Mary and St Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church, Hove) |
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria | D !– | One of nine Coptic churches in the British Isles, this is based in the former Anglican church of St Thomas the Apostle, declared redundant in 1993. The Coptic Orthodox Church bought the building, and its leader Pope Shenouda III travelled to Hove for a dedication ceremony on 23 September 1994. The red-brick church, built by Clayton & Black between 1909 and 1914, is in the Early English style. | |
| Fountain Centre (Immanuel Family Church) | Patcham 50°51′32″N 0°08′33″W / 50.8590°N 0.1424°W / 50.8590; -0.1424 (Church of Christ the King, Patcham) |
Elim Pentecostal | D !– | The Church of Christ the King, the Anglican parish church of South Patcham, was built in 1958 and declared redundant in 2006. An Elim congregation who had been displaced from their demolished former church in Balfour Road (built in 1939) now use it. They joined another congregation whose church in Hanover had been destroyed by fire. | |
| Church of the Holy Trinity | Carlton Hill 50°49′26″N 0°07′53″W / 50.8240°N 0.1314°W / 50.8240; -0.1314 (Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Brighton) |
Greek Orthodox | C !II | The church opened in 1840 as St John the Evangelist's, an Anglican church for the impoverished Carlton Hill area. It was bought by the Greek Orthodox community in 1986 after being declared redundant and closed. | |
| Shree Swaminarayan Mandir | Southern Cross 50°50′13″N 0°12′59″W / 50.8369°N 0.2163°W / 50.8369; -0.2163 (Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Southern Cross) |
Hindu (Swaminarayan Sampraday) | D !– | This was the first Hindu temple south of London when it opened on 18 September 1999 after an elaborate blessing ceremony. Previously, worshippers met in a church hall in Kemptown. The Swaminarayan Sampraday community paid £150,000 for the 19th-century former shop and social club and spent a further £50,000 converting it. Additions include much internal artwork, a flagpole and a kalasha-shaped finial. | |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Hollingdean 50°50′17″N 0°07′28″W / 50.8380°N 0.1245°W / 50.8380; -0.1245 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Brighton) |
Latter-day Saint | D !– | The Brighton congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worship at this church on the Lewes Road. | |
| Oratory of St Cuthman and St Wilfrid | Round Hill 50°49′56″N 0°08′00″W / 50.8321°N 0.1334°W / 50.8321; -0.1334 (Oratory of St Cuthman and St Wilfrid) |
Old Roman Catholic Church in Europe | D !– | The Annexe Sanctuary, a building associated with The Salvation Army's Brighton Congress Hall at Park Crescent, is used for the celebration of Mass by this Latin-Rite church. It serves the whole of southeast England. | |
| Written Word Family Outreach | Aldrington 50°50′08″N 0°11′20″W / 50.8356°N 0.1890°W / 50.8356; -0.1890 (Written Word Family Outreach) |
Pentecostal | D !– | This building was certified for marriages in January 2004, having been registered for worship by a Pentecostal group. | |
| Brighton Friends Meeting House | The Lanes 50°49′19″N 0°08′29″W / 50.8219°N 0.1414°W / 50.8219; -0.1414 (Brighton Friends Meeting House) |
Quaker | C !II | Brighton's Quaker community sold their former meeting house (a converted malthouse), used since 1690, and bought land on Ship Street to build a new one. Completed in 1805 and extended in 1850 and 1876, the mostly red-brick building has been described as having "all the hallmarks of nonconformist architecture". | |
| Seventh Day Adventist Church | Hove 50°49′32″N 0°10′29″W / 50.8256°N 0.1748°W / 50.8256; -0.1748 (Seventh Day Adventist Church, Hove) |
Seventh-day Adventist | D !– | This tiny brick cottage, with a tile-hung upper floor and gabled roof, was the coach house of an adjacent villa until Hove's Seventh-day Adventist congregation acquired it in the 1930s. Previously they had met above a shop. The building was registered for marriages in July 1936. | |
| Chapel of the Holy Family | Hollingdean 50°50′33″N 0°07′49″W / 50.8425°N 0.1302°W / 50.8425; -0.1302 (Chapel of the Holy Family, Hollingdean) |
Society of St. Pius X | D !– | This chapel is one of twenty-four in Britain that belongs to the Society of St. Pius X, a Traditionalist Catholic group which opposes the changes introduced in the Second Vatican Council. Two or three services are held monthly. | |
| Clermont Church (St Charles, King and Martyr) | Preston Village 50°50′39″N 0°09′14″W / 50.8442°N 0.1539°W / 50.8442; -0.1539 (Clermont Church (St Charles, King and Martyr), Preston Village) |
Traditional Church of England | D !– | J.G. Gibbins designed this chapel for Congregationalists in 1877–78. It became the Clermont United Reformed Church, then the Brightwaves Metropolitan Community Church—a fellowship of liberal Christian congregations associated with LGBT communities. It is now used by the Traditional Church of England denomination. | |
| Brighton Unitarian Church | Brighton 50°49′26″N 0°08′22″W / 50.8239°N 0.1395°W / 50.8239; -0.1395 (Brighton Unitarian Church) |
Unitarian | C !II | One of Brighton-based architect Amon Henry Wilds's first commissions, this stuccoed Greek Revival chapel with a gigantic tetrastyle portico was built in 1820 on land sold by the Prince Regent. Brighton's Unitarian community, formed after a split in the Calvinist community in 1791, have worshipped there ever since. |
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