The city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of England, has more than 100 extant churches and other places of worship, which serve a variety of Christian denominations and other religions. More than 50 former religious buildings, although still in existence, are no longer used for their original purpose.

The history of the area now covered by Brighton and Hove spans nearly 1000 years, although the city has only existed in its present form since 2000.^[1] The small settlement of Bristelmestune, mentioned in the Domesday Book, developed into a locally important fishing village, and was saved from its 18th-century decline by the patronage of the Prince Regent and British high society.^[2] Hove, to the west, had modest origins; rapid growth in the 19th century caused it to merge with Brighton, although it has always tried to maintain its separate identity.^[3] During the 20th century, both boroughs expanded by absorbing surrounding villages such as Patcham, Hangleton, West Blatchington and Ovingdean, each of which had an ancient church at their centre. New housing estates such as Mile Oak, Moulsecoomb and Saltdean were built on land acquired by the boroughs.

Apart from the ancient parish churches of Brighton (St Nicholas) and Hove (St Andrew's), and those of the nearby villages that are now part of the city, few places of worship existed until the 19th century.^[2] During that century, however—and especially in the Victorian era—England experienced a surge in church-building, which left its mark on both Brighton and Hove.^[4] Reverend Henry Michell Wagner (Vicar of Brighton between 1824 and 1870) and his son Reverend Arthur Wagner founded and funded a succession of Anglican churches for the benefit of Brighton's rapidly growing population, while enduring controversy and conflict over their political and religious ideals;^[5][6] many churches were founded in Hove; and Roman Catholic, Baptist, Unitarian, Jewish and other places of worship became established for the first time.^[2] Although overcapacity and increasing maintenance costs have led to some closures and demolitions, new churches continued to be established throughout the 20th century on the new housing estates.

Religious affiliation in Brighton and Hove

As of the 2001 United Kingdom Census, 247,817 people lived in Brighton and Hove. Of these, 59.1% were Christian, 1.47% were Muslim, 1.36% were Jewish, 0.7% were Buddhist, 0.52% were Hindu, 0.1% were Sikh, 0.85% were affiliated with another religion, 27.02% followed no religion and 8.88% did not state their religion. Some of these proportions are significantly different from those of England as a whole. Judaism and Buddhism have a much greater following: 0.52% of people in England are Jewish and 0.28% are Buddhist. Christianity is much less widespread in the city than in the country overall, in which 71.74% people identify themselves as Christian. The proportion of people with no religious affiliation is nearly twice as high as that of England as a whole (14.59%).^[7]

Administration

All Anglican churches in the city are administered by the Diocese of Chichester, and (at the level below this) by the Archdeaconry of Chichester, one of three archdeaconries in the diocese.^[8] The Rural Deanery of Brighton is one of five deaneries under the archdeaconry.^[9] It covers 28 extant churches and 9 that are no longer used for worship.^[10] One of its churches, St Laurence at Falmer, is in the neighbouring district of Lewes.^[11][12] The Rural Deanery of Hove, also part of the Archdeaconry of Chichester,^[9] has 28 churches, of which five are closed; eight are in the Adur district of West Sussex, as the deanery covers Kingston Buci, Southwick and Shoreham-by-Sea as well as Hove and Portslade.^[13]

The 11 Roman Catholic churches in the city are in Brighton and Hove Deanery, one of thirteen deaneries in the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.^[14] The deanery has 13 churches, but those in Peacehaven and Southwick are outside the city boundaries, in Lewes District and Adur District respectively.^[15][16] The parish of Southwick's church, St Theresa of Lisieux, has covered the Portslade area of Brighton and Hove^[17] since 1992, when the Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Denis in Portslade was declared redundant and demolished after 80 years.^[18][19]

Of the ten Baptist churches in Brighton and Hove, six are part of the Mid Sussex Network of the South Eastern Baptist Association, one of nine divisions of the Baptist Union of Great Britain: the Holland Road and New Life Christian churches in Hove, the Florence Road and Gloucester Place churches in Brighton (now linked as a single entity called "One Church Brighton"),^[20] the Oasis Christian Fellowship Church in Hangleton and the church in Portslade.^[21] Also in this network is a Baptist community in Woodingdean that does not have its own premises and worships in a school.^[22] The Ebenezer Reformed Baptist Church is part of GraceNet UK, an association of Reformed Evangelical Christian churches and organisations, as was Montpelier Place Baptist Church^[23][24] (closed in 2012 and subsequently demolished). Galeed Strict Baptist Chapel is affiliated with the Gospel Standard Baptist movement.^[25]

In 1972, the Congregational Church and the Presbyterian Church of England merged to form the United Reformed Church.^[26] All United Reformed churches in the city are part of the Southern Synod,^[27] one of 13 synods within the Church.^[28] The city's five Methodist churches are in the Brighton and Hove Methodist Circuit.^[29]

Buildings with listed status

In England, a building or structure is defined as "listed" when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of "special architectural or historic interest" by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, a Government department, in accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.^[30] English Heritage, a non-departmental public body, acts as an agency of this department to administer the process.^[31] There are three grades of listing status. Grade I, the highest, is defined as being of "exceptional interest"; Grade II* is used for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest"; and Grade II, the lowest, is used for "nationally important" buildings of "special interest".^[32]

As of February 2001, there were 24 Grade I-listed buildings, 70 Grade II*-listed buildings and 1,124 Grade II-listed buildings in Brighton and Hove.^[33] Five of the Grade I-listed buildings are churches; all are Anglican. There are 18 Grade II*-listed places of worship: 15 Anglican churches, two Roman Catholic churches and a synagogue. Twenty-seven current and former places of worship have Grade II status.

In February 2015, Brighton and Hove City Council adopted a new draft "local list of heritage assets". Hundreds of buildings and structures in the city were assessed against criteria which covered their "local historic, architectural, design and townscape value", and those meeting the criteria were designated as locally listed buildings (subject to final approval by the council's Economic Development and Culture Committee later in 2015).^[34] Buildings on the draft list include nearly 30 current and former places of worship.^[35]

Grade	Criteria[32][34]
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.
Locally listed (L)	Buildings considered by the council "to be of special interest, because of their local historic, architectural, design or townscape value".

Current places of worship

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Current places of worship

Name	Image	Location	Denomination	Grade	Notes
All Saints Church (More images)		Hove 50°49′49″N 0°10′03″W / 50.8303°N 0.1674°W / 50.8303; -0.1674 (All Saints Church, Hove)	Anglican	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.[36] 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.[37][38]
St Bartholomew's Church (More images)		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	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.[39] In 1873 he designed a building 170 feet (52 m) long, 58 feet (18 m) wide and 135 feet (41 m) high.[40][41] This is taller than Westminster Abbey, and the nave is the highest of any parish church in Britain.[41][42]
St Michael and All Angels Church (More images)		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	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 1924.[43][44][45] The large Italianate building is sometimes known as "The Cathedral of the Back Streets".[46]
St Wulfran's Church (More images)		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	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.[47]
All Saints Church (More images)		Patcham 50°52′00″N 0°09′03″W / 50.8666°N 0.1507°W / 50.8666; -0.1507 (All Saints Church, Patcham)	Anglican	II*	Patcham became part of the former Borough of Brighton in 1928; it was previously a separate village.[48] 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.[49][50]
Chapel Royal (More images)		Brighton 50°49′21″N 0°08′22″W / 50.8226°N 0.1394°W / 50.8226; -0.1394 (Chapel Royal, Brighton)	Anglican	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,[51][52] but later took offence at a sermon and stopped worshipping at the chapel.[53] It was parished in 1897.[54]
St Andrew's Church (More images)		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	II*	The original parish church of Hove (and later Hove-cum-Preston, a combined parish that existed from 1531[55] to 1878[56]) was of 12th-century origin,[57] 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.[58][59]
St Barnabas Church (More images)		Hove 50°50′05″N 0°10′39″W / 50.8346°N 0.1774°W / 50.8346; -0.1774 (St Barnabas Church, Hove)	Anglican	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.[37][40]
St Helen's Church (More images)		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	II*	Hangleton became part of the former Borough of Hove in 1928.[60] 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.[61][62]
St Margaret's Church (More images)		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	II*	The ancient parish church of Rottingdean was absorbed into Brighton in 1928.[63] 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.[64] The cruciform, flint-built church has a large churchyard.[65] Rudyard Kipling, his uncle Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin all had links with the church.[66]
St Martin's Church (More images)		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	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 Michell Wagner before his death, allowed Arthur Wagner and his half-brothers to choose the site themselves.[67]
St Mary the Virgin Church (More images)		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	II*	This large, red-brick Victorian church, described as having "one of the best church interiors in Sussex",[68] was built between 1877 and 1879.[69] 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.[70]
St Nicholas Church (More images)		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	II*	Brighton's only Anglican church until the end of the 18th century[71] was also its parish church until 1873.[72] A church existed in the 11th century in the fishing village of Bristelmstune—probably on this site.[73] The tower and some interior structures are 14th-century, but some Norman-era parts remain.[71][73] The church survived a French raid in 1514.[74] Richard Cromwell Carpenter rebuilt it in 1853 as a memorial to the Duke of Wellington.[71][75]
St Nicolas Church (More images)		Portslade 50°50′35″N 0°13′06″W / 50.8431°N 0.2182°W / 50.8431; -0.2182 (St Nicolas Church, Portslade)	Anglican	II*	Portslade developed inland around a north–south Roman road.[76] The parish church has 12th-century origins.[77] Victorian restoration erased some 15th-century wall paintings,[78] and an elaborate memorial chapel for a wealthy local family was added in 1874.[79]
St Paul's Church (More images)		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	II*	This is the oldest of six churches built on the instruction of Henry Michell Wagner in which Anglican worship still takes place. Three earlier churches have been demolished or sold.[80] 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.[81]
St Peter's Church (More images)		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	II*	Brighton's parish church between 1873 and 2009 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".[82] The Portland stone and Sussex sandstone building is costly to maintain, and had been proposed for redundancy by the Diocese of Chichester.[83] In May 2009, Holy Trinity Brompton in London agreed to take it over.[84]
St Peter's Church (More images)		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	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.[85][86]
Bishop Hannington Memorial Church (More images)		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	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.[87] Nikolaus Pevsner described the church as "Historicism at its most simplified".[88]
Church of the Annunciation (More images)		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	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.[59] 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.[89]
Church of the Good Shepherd (More images)		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	II	Edward Warren used variegated bricks and a simple Gothic style for this church, which was built between 1921 and 1922 on Dyke Road.[90] It was built as a memorial to a former Vicar of the parish of Preston.[91]
St George's Church (More images)		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	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.[92][93] Its parish, established in 1879, was extended twice in the 1980s after the nearby St Anne's and St Mark's Churches were closed.[94]
St John the Baptist's Church (More images)		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	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.[95]
St John the Evangelist's Church (More images)		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	II	This very long, stone-built church with a narrow flèche and lancet windows was designed by Arthur Blomfield in 1902[90] 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.[96] It has been the parish church of Preston Village since 1908.[97]
St Leonard's Church (More images)		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	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.[98]
St Luke's Church (More images)		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	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.[99]
St Patrick's Church (More images)		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	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[100] before the latter was closed in 1990.[101] Most of the interior has been redeveloped as a night shelter and social centre for homeless and vulnerable people.[102]
St Philip's Church (More images)		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	II	John Oldrid Scott built this church as a chapel of ease to St Leonard's Church in 1895.[103] The Decorated Gothic church has multicoloured stone and brickwork,[104] and now has its own parish.[105]
Church of the Good Shepherd (More images)		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	L	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.[106] The distinctive angled roof has six tall windows.[107][35]
St Andrew's Church (More images)		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	L	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.[108][35] The church is part of the Moulsecoomb Team of churches.[109]
St Andrew's Church (More images)		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	L	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,[110] is now united with the parish of St Nicolas, but it originally had its own parish.[111][112][35]
St Luke's Church (More images)		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	L	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.[113] Nairn and Pevsner dismissed it with one word—"poor"—in their 1965 survey of Sussex buildings.[69][35]
St Mary Magdalene's Church (More images)		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	L	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.[35][114]
St Matthias Church (More images)		Hollingdean 50°50′45″N 0°08′05″W / 50.8457°N 0.1346°W / 50.8457; -0.1346 (St Matthias Church, Brighton)	Anglican	L	The main church in the parish and benefice of St Matthias, which serves a large area of northeast Brighton,[115] 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.[91][35]
Church of the Ascension (More images)		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	–	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.[116]
Holy Cross Church (More images)		Aldrington 50°50′05″N 0°11′05″W / 50.8346°N 0.1846°W / 50.8346; -0.1846 (Holy Cross Church, Aldrington)	Anglican	–	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[117] and follows the Conservative Evangelical tradition.[118]
Holy Cross Church (More images)		Woodingdean 50°50′11″N 0°04′35″W / 50.8365°N 0.0765°W / 50.8365; -0.0765 (Holy Cross Church, Woodingdean)	Anglican	–	The green-roofed brick building, completed in 1968, occupies the site of a temporary church dating from 1941.[119][120]
St Cuthman's Church (More images)		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	–	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.[121]
St Nicholas' Church (More images)		Saltdean 50°48′19″N 0°02′19″W / 50.8054°N 0.0386°W / 50.8054; -0.0386 (St Nicholas' Church, Saltdean)	Anglican	–	Dedicated to Saint Nicholas by Bishop of Chichester Roger Plumpton Wilson in 1965 and consecrated in 1970, Edward Maufe's church of greyish stone blocks superseded the Saltdean estate's older temporary church.[122]
St Richard's Church (More images)		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	–	Andrew Carden designed this grey-brick church for The Knoll housing estate, at the south end of Hangleton and within St Helen's parish,[123] in 1961. It replaced a nearby hall which opened in 1932 and took St Richard's name in 1937.[124]
St John the Baptist's Church (More images)		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	II*	The earliest surviving Roman Catholic church in the city[125] was the fourth Catholic church to be consecrated in England since the Reformation,[126] although many had been built since the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 allowed this to happen.[127] St John the Baptist's is a stuccoed building in the Classical style.[128] It contains Maria Fitzherbert's tomb, and was England's first electrically lit Catholic church.[126]
St Joseph's Church (More images)		Elm Grove 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	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[129] 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.[130]
Church of the Sacred Heart (More images)		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	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.[131]
St Mary's Church (More images)		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	II	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.[132] 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.[35][133] The church was listed in June 2015.[134]
St Mary Magdalen's Church (More images)		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	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).[135][136] Services include a weekly Mass in Polish.[137]
St Peter's Church (More images)		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	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,[138] 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.[138]
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Queen of Peace (More images)		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	–	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.[139] It was registered in August 1957.[140][141]
St George's Church (More images)		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	–	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 administered from St Peter's in Aldrington. High-quality interior decoration and stained glass were created by a former priest with art training.[142] The church's registrations for worship and marriages date from April 1969.[143][144]
St Patrick's Church (More images)		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	–	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,[119] administered by the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Queen of Peace in Rottingdean.[145] It was reregistered for Catholic worship in June 1970.[146][147]
St Thomas More Church (More images)		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	–	Rapid residential development in Patcham justified the construction of this church in 1963.[48] It was registered in June of that year.[148][149] 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.[150]
Holland Road Baptist Church (More images)		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	II	In 1887, a group of Christians who met at a gymnasium in Hove received funding to build their own church,[151] 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.[152] The capacity of 700 has been augmented by an early 21st-century church hall.[153]
New Life Christian Church (More images)		Aldrington 50°50′01″N 0°11′02″W / 50.8336°N 0.1838°W / 50.8336; -0.1838 (Rutland Gospel Hall, Hove)	Baptist	L	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.[154][155][35]
One Church Brighton (Florence Road Baptist Church) (More images)		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	L	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.[132] It joined the Gloucester Place church in 2010 in a partnership called "One Church Brighton".[20][35]
One Church Brighton (Gloucester Place Baptist Church) (More images)		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	L	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.[156][157] It joined the Florence Road church in 2010 in a partnership called "One Church Brighton".[20][35]
West Hill Baptist Chapel (More images)		West Hill 50°49′45″N 0°08′43″W / 50.8293°N 0.1452°W / 50.8293; -0.1452 (Providence Chapel)	Baptist	L	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.[158] A Strict Baptist community displaced from Church Street in 1965 then acquired it,[159] reregistering it that November[160] and then for marriages in March 1977.[161] It was shared briefly by the Ebenezer Reformed Baptist Church while their premises in Ivory Place were being rebuilt.[162][35]
Ebenezer Reformed Baptist Church (More images)		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)