As of 2019^[update] there are about 130 places of worship in use on the Isle of Wight, England's largest island. A wide range of Christian denominations are represented, and Muslims have a mosque in the island's main town of Newport. The diamond-shaped, 146-square-mile (380 km²) island lies in the English Channel, separated from the county of Hampshire by the Solent. Its population of around 140,000 is spread across several small towns and dozens of villages. Many of the island's churches and chapels are in the ancient ports of Yarmouth and Newport, the Victorian seaside resorts of Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor, and the twin towns of Cowes and East Cowes; but even the smallest villages often have their own Anglican parish churches and sometimes a Nonconformist chapel. Methodism has been particularly strong on the island for over 200 years, and two of England's oldest Roman Catholic churches are also located here.^[1]

Sixty-two churches and chapels have been awarded listed status by Historic England or its predecessor organisations in recognition of their architectural and historical interest. These range from the large and ancient parish churches in villages such as Arreton, Brading and Carisbrooke to the thatch-roofed St Agnes' Church at Freshwater Bay and the concrete-framed St Faith's Church at Cowes—both of the early 20th century—and from the simple and plain Methodist chapel at Godshill to the elaborate Castlehold Baptist Chapel in Newport. A building is defined as "listed" when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of "special architectural or historic interest" in accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.^[2] The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, a Government department, is responsible for listing; Historic England, a non-departmental public body, acts as an agency of the department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues. 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 buildings of "special interest".^[3] As of February 2001, there were 26 Grade I-listed buildings, 55 with Grade II* status and 1,823 Grade II-listed buildings on the Isle of Wight.^[4]

Various administrative areas operated by the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, the United Reformed Church, Baptists and Methodists cover churches on the island which are part of their denominations. These areas include dioceses, archdeaconries, networks and circuits.

Overview of the island and its places of worship

Geography

The Isle of Wight is situated in the English Channel off the south coast of England. The Solent strait, generally 2–3 miles (3–5 km) wide, separates it from the mainland to the north. The island measures 22 miles (35 km) from east to west and 13 miles (21 km) from north to south at its extreme points;^[5] in total it covers 146.8 square miles (380 km²). The resident population was estimated to be 139,105 in mid-2014, a slight increase on the 138,400 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2011. Only seven towns have a population of 6,000 or more.^[6] Ryde, whose population in 2011 was approximately 18,700,^[6] developed from two villages in the late 18th century: Lower Ryde, on the seashore, was for centuries a landing point for boats from the mainland, and this was formalised when a pier was built in 1814. Upper Ryde, its inland neighbour, was connected to it in 1780, and rapid development ensued through the Regency and early Victorian eras.^[7] Newport, the county town, is slightly smaller (population 17,200)^[6] but much older: founded c. 1180 as a "new port" for the island, centrally located on the River Medina, it retains its medieval grid pattern of streets (although the oldest surviving buildings are 17th-century).^[8] Cowes^{[note 1]} and East Cowes, facing each other across the Medina estuary and connected by a chain ferry, have 14,400 and 7,800 residents respectively;^[6] they developed as industrial and port towns in the 17th and 18th centuries, and became fashionable residential areas in the 19th century.^[9] Stimulated by the arrival of the railway in 1864, Sandown (population 7,200)^[6] developed as a seaside resort in the last quarter of the 19th century,^[10] and the ancient village of Shanklin grew rapidly at the same time,^[11] reaching an estimated population of 7,100 by 2011.^[6] Ventnor (population 6,000)^[6] was already more developed by the time the railway arrived in 1866: early 19th-century visitors discovered the village's dramatic setting, and formal urban planning began in the 1830s.^[12]

Church history

The island was converted to Christianity in the late 7th century, although sources differ as to who was responsible: the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle identifies Wulfhere of Mercia, but Bede (writing in the 8th century) gives a date of 686 and names Cædwalla of Wessex. A series of parishes were later established, some very large and spanning the whole island from north to south. By the time of the Domesday survey in 1086 there were ten churches on the island, and some chapels originally associated with the island's many manors became parish churches in their own right later in the Middle Ages.^[13] Of the churches established in the Saxon era, only fragments remain:^{[note 2]} Arreton and Freshwater both retain structural features from that period. Likewise, Norman churches survive only in parts, as at Shalfleet (the massive square tower), Yaverland (a "remarkable 12th-century doorway") and Wootton (where St Edmund's Church also has an intricately moulded Norman doorway).^[14] More significant is the island's array of Gothic church architecture—particularly that of the Early English period.^[15] Notable Early English work can be seen in the parish churches of Brading, Calbourne and Newchurch.^[16] Decorated Gothic features survive at Arreton and Freshwater, and there are Perpendicular Gothic towers at Carisbrooke, Chale and Gatcombe, arcades at Brading, Brighstone and Mottistone, and porches at Arreton, Niton and Whitwell.^[17]

The 17th century was a period of church restoration and some new construction. Yarmouth (1626) retains much of its original appearance; St Mary's Church at Cowes dates from 1657 but has been rebuilt; and rebuilding of older churches took place at Newchurch, Shalfleet, Shorwell and Godshill.^[18] Monuments to prominent island families such as the Oglander and Worsley baronets and the Leighs of Godshill are another important feature of this era.^[19] At several churches, though, church architecture and fittings of this era and of the 18th century was swept away amid Victorian restoration,^[20] and the island's stock of Anglican churches grew substantially in the 19th century in line with urban growth and the splitting up of ancient parishes. New churches replaced smaller medieval buildings at St Lawrence (1878, by George Gilbert Scott) and Bonchurch (by Benjamin Ferrey, 1847–48)^[21] and the ruined chapel in the hamlet of Newtown (1835, by local architect A. F. Livesay).^[22] In St Helens, the ruined Norman-era church dedicated to St Helena was replaced further inland in 1717, but the new church was rebuilt in 1829 and substantially altered and extended in 1862.^[23] Many Anglican churches on the island were either built or reconstructed in the 1850s or 1860s, mostly in a range of Gothic Revival styles—some with distinctive features such as the tower at Whippingham, the tall spire at Holy Trinity, Ventnor and the interior of St Mary's, Cowes, where a new church with a complex polychrome brickwork interior was grafted on to the "remarkable" tower designed by John Nash.^[24] Thomas Hellyer of Ryde, described by Nikolaus Pevsner as a "very individualistic"^[25] and "remarkable" architect,^[26] was responsible for several churches in this era—both new buildings (at Bembridge, Havenstreet, Oakfield, Seaview, St Saviour's at Shanklin and the now closed Holy Trinity at Ryde) and rebuilding work (at Binstead and East Cowes).^[27]

Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic churches are found in the island's towns and larger villages. Those at Cowes and Newport, both dedicated to Saint Thomas of Canterbury, are the island's only 18th-century churches of any denomination and are nationally important because of their early dates: the Roman Catholic Relief Act was passed in 1791, and Newport's church was built in that year, followed five years later by the Cowes church. Architecturally dissimilar, both churches were funded by Elizabeth Heneage.^[28][29] St Mary's Church at Ryde came next, designed by Joseph Hansom in the 1840s,^[30] and by the early 20th century Ventnor, East Cowes, Sandown and Shanklin had their own churches.^[31] St Patrick's at Sandown survives in its original condition,^[32] whereas St David's at East Cowes and the Sacred Heart at Shanklin suffered bomb damage in World War II were rebuilt after the war,^[33][34] and the Church of Our Lady and St Wilfrid in Ventnor burnt down in 2006 and was rebuilt in 2015. In 1965 a purpose-built Catholic church opened in Bembridge, which had a long history of Catholic worship in private chapels and a former Wesleyan church.^[35] Similarly St Saviour's Church at Totland (1923) succeeds a private chapel which had opened in 1871 in the nearby manor house.^[36] The chapel at St Dominic's Priory at Carisbrooke and a now vanished tin tabernacle at Appuldurcombe House were also used for public worship in the early 20th century and before,^[37] and chapels at Quarr Abbey at Binstead and St Cecilia's Abbey at Ryde are still registered for public worship. Nikolaus Pevsner, who was mostly dismissive of the island's 20th-century architecture,^[38] considered St Saviour's to be "the most striking" church of any denomination^[39] apart from Quarr Abbey and its chapel, which he identified as "the dominant architectural achievement" of the century.^[40]

Nonconformist

Among Nonconformist groups, Methodism is particularly prominent. Its history on the island can be traced back to 1735, when John and Charles Wesley visited and Charles preached at Cowes; John's subsequent visits included a trip in 1781 to open a chapel in Newport. Six years later the first permanent preacher was appointed: originally a Wesleyan, Mary Toms joined the Bible Christian Methodists in 1817, and the Isle of Wight " a stronghold of the Bible Christian movement".^{[note 3][42]} By 1851, when a religious census was carried out in the United Kingdom, the movement had 26 places of worship.^[43] Many old chapels built by the Bible Christians survive, for example at Brading (where Toms herself founded a "preaching house" in 1837),^[42] Rookley (1859), Arreton (1866)^[44] and Newport (1879–80).^[45] The Wesleyan branch of Methodism was also well-supported—there were 24^[43] places of worship for Wesleyans in 1851—and many of their chapels remain in use, such as the "monumental" church in Ryde,^[42] the 1838 chapel at Godshill^[46] and the 1864 chapel at Niton.^[47] A few Primitive Methodist chapels were also built, although none remain in Methodist use. Examples include Newport (now used by the Salvation Army),^[48] Ryde^[49] and Sandown (1866).^[50] New Methodist chapels were built throughout the 20th century, for example in Lake (a "stylish, typically late 1950s" building) and Brighstone (1999), and in 2014 a new church opened at Freshwater to serve that village and nearby Totland.^[42] In contrast, Baptist chapels are confined to the main towns and a few villages. Several congregations have a long unbroken history of worship: the three surviving rural chapels date from 1805 (Wellow), 1836 (Freshwater) and 1849 (Niton), and Castlehold Baptist Church at Newport was built in 1812. The Castlehold congregation seceded from the town's original Baptist chapel, which later developed a Unitarian character which it still holds. Congregationalism gained little ground on the island, but independent Congregational churches survive at Langbridge near Newchurch (founded in 1845) and Newport—where a 21st-century building houses a congregation with 17th-century origins. Congregational chapels which joined the United Reformed Church when that denomination was formed in 1972 can be found in Ryde and Shanklin, which now operate as a joint pastorate called Isle of Wight United Reformed Church; there was another at Freshwater, but this closed in December 2021.^[51]

Other Christian denominations

In the 20th century a greater variety of Christian denominations began to be represented, mainly in the island's towns. Pentecostal churches of various types can be found in Newport, Ryde and Sandown; Spiritualists worship in Cowes (where a congregation has met since the 1930s), Ryde and Ventnor; Quakers, the Salvation Army and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have premises in Newport; and there are four Kingdom Halls of Jehovah's Witnesses. There are also various gospel halls and Evangelical and non-denominational churches, some of which occupy former chapels built by other communities. For example, Zion Chapel in Swanmore and the Avenue Road Evangelical Church in Sandown were originally mid-19th-century Wesleyan chapels; the Ryde premises of the Grace Church IoW was built as the Elmfield Congregational Church; and in Cowes, The Community Church – IoW occupies a former Church of England mission hall.

Fabric of buildings

Sandstone is the Isle of Wight's most important building material. Upper Greensand formations were found in several parts of the southern half of the island, particularly the Undercliff area near Ventnor, and were extracted for centuries until supplies became exhausted in the 19th century. Until the 16th century it was used almost exclusively for churches, both on the island and elsewhere in southern England.^[52] Limestone was quarried extensively from the Bembridge Beds off the island's east coast, and from deposits around Ryde, Binstead and Gurnard, from Saxon times until the Victorian era. A harder, more durable but scarcer variety ("Quarr stone") was used in the island's Saxon churches, and evidence of this survives at Freshwater and Arreton. More common within these quarries was the less solid "Binstead stone", which occurs in many churches on the island and was still used around Ryde during the town's Victorian expansion.^[53] In contrast to other downland areas of southern England, flint was used rarely because better quality stone was so readily available.^[54]

Historic England, the body responsible for listed buildings and other heritage assets in England, also publishes an annual "Heritage at Risk Register"—a survey of assets at risk through decay, damage and similar issues. The Anglican churches identified as at risk in the latest update were St Mary's Church in Cowes (affected by ingress of water),^[55] St James's Church in East Cowes (damp and structural problems),^[56] All Saints Church in Godshill (decaying stonework),^[57] St Thomas's Minster in Newport (decaying stonework and roofs),^[58] St John the Baptist's Church in Niton (decaying stonework, roof damage and ingress of water),^[59] St John's Church in Sandown (decaying stonework and ingress of water),^[60] the Church of St Saviour-on-the-Cliff in Shanklin (severe salt spalling of stonework and damage to windows),^[61] St Paul's Church in Shanklin (decaying stonework and timberwork and damage to windows)^[62] and Holy Trinity Church in Ventnor (decaying stonework).^[63] The Catholic Church of St Mary in Ryde is at risk due to water ingress.^[64]

Religious affiliation

According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, 138,265 people live on the Isle of Wight. Of these, 60.52% identified themselves as Christian, 0.38% were Muslim, 0.23% were Hindu, 0.33% were Buddhist, 0.09% were Jewish, 0.03% were Sikh, 0.65% followed another religion, 29.62% claimed no religious affiliation and 8.15% did not state their religion.^[65] The proportions of Christians and people who followed no religion were higher than the figures in England as a whole (59.38% and 24.74% respectively), and the proportion of people who did not answer this census question was also higher than the overall figure of 7.18%. Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism had a much lower following on the island than in the country overall: in 2011, 5.02% of people in England were Muslim, 1.52% were Hindu, 0.79% were Sikh, 0.49% were Jewish and 0.45% were Buddhist.^[66]

Administration

Anglican churches

All Church of England churches on the island are part of the Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth and the Archdeaconry of the Isle of Wight. This archdeaconry, one of three in the diocese, is split into two deaneries: East Wight and West Wight.^[67] The 33 churches in East Wight Deanery are at Arreton, Bembridge (Holy Trinity and St Luke's mission church), Binstead, Bonchurch (old and new churches), Brading, Godshill, Havenstreet, Lake, Newchurch, Niton, Ryde (All Saints, Holy Trinity and St James' in the town centre, St John's in the Oakfield area and St Michael and All Angels at Swanmore), Sandown (Christ Church and St John the Evangelist's), Seaview, Shanklin (St Blasius, St Peter's and St Saviour's), St Helens (St Helen's Church and St Catherine-by-the-Green), St Lawrence (old and new churches), Ventnor (Holy Trinity, St Alban's and St Catherine's), Whitwell, Wroxall and Yaverland.^[68]

West Wight Deanery administers 28 churches: at Barton, Brighstone, Brook, Calbourne, Carisbrooke (St Mary the Virgin's and St Nicholas-in-Castro), Chale, Cowes (Holy Trinity, St Faith's and St Mary the Virgin's), East Cowes, Freshwater (All Saints and St Agnes'), Gatcombe, Gurnard, Mottistone, Newport (St John the Baptist's and St Thomas's), Newtown, Northwood, Shalfleet, Shorwell, Thorley, Totland, Whippingham, Wootton (St Mark's and St Edmund's) and Yarmouth.^[69]

Roman Catholic Churches

The island's nine Catholic churches are administered by the Isle of Wight Pastoral Area, part of Deanery 5 of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. The Isle of Wight Pastoral Area has six parishes: Cowes, East Cowes, Newport and Totland Bay each have one church.^[70] The parish of Ryde covers churches at Ryde and Bembridge ^[71] and South Wight parish includes the churches at Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor.^[72] Sunday Masses are open to the public are also offered at the chapels of Quarr Abbey near Binstead and St Cecilia's Abbey at Ryde, both of which belong to the Solesmes Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict. Both are administratively within Ryde parish.^[70][73][74] The Verbum Dei Retreat Centre is behind Carisbrooke Priory, formerly St Dominic's Priory, and is part of Newport parish for administrative purposes.

Other denominations

The Baptist churches at Cowes, Niton, Ryde, Sandown, Ventnor and Wellow, Castlehold Baptist Church in Newport and Colwell Baptist Church at Freshwater are part of the Southern Counties Baptist Association.^[75]

The Isle of Wight Methodist Circuit administers the island's Methodist churches. As of 2016 there were 24 congregations on the island,^[76] although not all have their own church: Ventnor's Methodists worship in a church hall^[77] and Yarmouth's congregation shares the Anglican church.^[78] The circuit is one of 14 in the District of Southampton.^[79]

Grace Church (Isle of Wight), which has chapels at Ryde and Seaview,^[80] belongs to two Evangelical groups: the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC), a pastoral and administrative network of about 500 churches with an evangelical outlook,^[81] and Affinity (formerly the British Evangelical Council), a network of conservative Evangelical congregations throughout Great Britain.^[82]

The Spiritualist churches at Cowes, Ryde and Ventnor belong to the Spiritualists' National Union. All are within the organisation's Southern District, which also covers Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire.^[83]

Newport Congregational Church^[84] is part of the Congregational Federation, an association of independent Congregational churches in Great Britain. The federation came into existence in 1972 when the Congregational Church in England and Wales merged with several other denominations to form the United Reformed Church. Certain congregations wanted to remain independent of this, and instead joined the Congregational Federation.^[85] As of January 2021 there were 235 churches in the Federation.^[86]

Listed status

Grade	Criteria[87][88][89]
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 not on the national list but considered by the Isle of Wight Council to be "locally important contributing to the character and sense of place on the Island".[note 4]

Current places of worship

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Current places of worship

Name	Image	Location	Denomination/ Affiliation	Grade	Notes	Refs
St George's Church (More images)		Arreton 50°40′41″N 1°14′42″W / 50.6781°N 1.2449°W / 50.6781; -1.2449 (St George's Church, Arreton)	Anglican	I	"One of the most remarkable churches on the island", this church retains some Saxon-era fabric but was extended and rebuilt in the mid-13th century. A humble exterior, characterised by the squat tower and catslide roofs, gives way to a lofty and high-quality interior with a twin-aisled nave and a narrower chancel with side chapel. The fixtures and furnishings date mostly from an 1886 restoration by Ewan Christian. Four of the bells in the tower are 15th- or 16th-century.	[48][44] [90][91] [92][93]
Arreton Methodist Church (More images)		Arreton 50°40′17″N 1°14′02″W / 50.6714°N 1.2339°W / 50.6714; -1.2339 (Arreton Methodist Church, Arreton)	Methodist	–	Originally a Bible Christian chapel, this brick church has stood on the main road outside Arreton village since 1866. It was extended in 1879 and was registered for marriages in November 1895. An earlier school chapel named Ebenezer served Bible Christians from 1846.	[48][44] [94][95] [96][97]
St Paul's Church (More images)		Barton, Newport 50°42′09″N 1°17′05″W / 50.7025°N 1.2847°W / 50.7025; -1.2847 (St Paul's Church, Barton)	Anglican	II	The village (now a suburb of Newport) was originally within the parish of Whippingham, and Barton was an ecclesiastical district within it until it was given its own parish in 1844. In that year James William Wild designed the present church, a Romanesque Revival building of rough limestone blocks laid in courses. There is a corner tower (more Gothic Revival in style), the chancel has a rounded apse and the nave has aisles on both sides. The rounded lancet windows at the west end have stained glass of 1897 and 1899 by Charles Eamer Kempe. The 400-capacity church cost £2,040 and was funded by subscriptions and donations.	[48][98] [99][100] [101][102] [103][104] [105]
Holy Trinity Church (More images)		Bembridge 50°41′24″N 1°05′26″W / 50.6901°N 1.0905°W / 50.6901; -1.0905 (Holy Trinity Church, Bembridge)	Anglican	II	The first church in this village—usually attributed to John Nash, although some sources name Portsmouth architect Jacob Owen—dated from 1827 and was a plain Gothic Revival building. Structurally unsound, it was replaced 19 years later by Thomas Hellyer's church of Swanage stone, which consists of a five-bay nave, chancel, spire-topped tower with three bells and a clock, and an aisle and side chapel on the south side. Bath stonework dominates the interior. The church was consecrated on 22 July 1846.	[48][50] [106][107] [108][109] [110]
St Luke's Mission Church (More images)		Bembridge 50°41′12″N 1°04′52″W / 50.6866°N 1.0811°W / 50.6866; -1.0811 (St Luke's Mission Church, Bembridge)	Anglican	–	The building dates from 1887 and is a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity Church. It is set within a cemetery which has been used for burials within the parish since Holy Trinity's churchyard became full.	[48][109]
Bembridge Methodist Church (More images)		Bembridge 50°41′14″N 1°05′01″W / 50.6872°N 1.0836°W / 50.6872; -1.0836 (Bembridge Methodist Church, Bembridge)	Methodist	–	The present church dates from 1934 (it was registered for marriages in June of that year) and replaced the former Wesleyan chapel on Kings Road. Although registered for marriages only in 1922, this could trace its origins back to 1844.	[48][111] [112][113] [114][35]
St Michael's Church (More images)		Bembridge 50°41′08″N 1°04′53″W / 50.6856°N 1.0815°W / 50.6856; -1.0815 (St Michael's Church, Bembridge)	Roman Catholic	–	Catholic worship in the area can be traced back to 1842 in various private chapels in nearby St Helens (one of which was owned by William Ewart Gladstone's sister). When the 1844 Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Bembridge closed down, it was converted into a Catholic church and was used for 30 years until the present building was erected at a cost of £12,000 on a site in Walls Road. It opened on 20 June 1965 and was registered for marriages in December 1978. Designed in a simple modern style by Cyril A.F. Sheppard of Ryde, it is a plain rectangular church with no interior divisions, portal-framed with red brick and some stone cladding. Renovation work was carried out in 1990.	[48][35] [115][116]
Holy Cross Church (More images)		Binstead 50°43′55″N 1°11′11″W / 50.7320°N 1.1863°W / 50.7320; -1.1863 (Holy Cross Church, Binstead)	Anglican	II	The church has extensive herringbone brickwork, suggesting an early Norman date, and it was built c. 1150 for workers at the nearby limestone quarries. The nave was rebuilt to the design of Thomas Hellyer in 1845, though, at a cost of £1,800. The "sophisticated" lancet windows date from the 13th century. Some of the internal features were moved here from Winchester College Chapel after it was refitted in 1932, and the nave and some fittings had to be repaired in 1969 after a fire.	[48][117] [96][118] [119][120]
Binstead Methodist Church (More images)		Binstead 50°43′35″N 1°11′18″W / 50.7264°N 1.1884°W / 50.7264; -1.1884 (Binstead Methodist Church, Binstead)	Methodist	–	A Wesleyan congregation met in Binstead from 1866, when a small chapel (now the church hall) was built. The present church, adjacent to the earlier building, was erected in 1889 and was registered for marriages in August 1934.	[48][117] [121][122] [123]
Abbey Church of Our Lady of Quarr (More images)		Binstead 50°43′53″N 1°12′15″W / 50.7314°N 1.2042°W / 50.7314; -1.2042 (Abbey Church of Our Lady of Quarr, Binstead)	Roman Catholic	I	The original Cistercian abbey, founded in 1131, is now ruined. Its modern successor was established nearby in 1907 adjacent to Quarr Abbey House, a Victorian mansion next to the ruins which was bought by Benedictine monks from Solesmes Abbey. Paul Bellot, a member of this order who was also an architect, designed the church—"his outstanding achievement", and a highly original (and rare in England) example of Expressionist architecture—in 1911–12. Built of rough, pale red Belgian bricks inside and out, it is a very tall and long building, "dramatic" in its appearance and demonstrating "exceptional innovation originality".	[48][117] [124][125] [126]
St Boniface Church (More images)		Bonchurch 50°36′00″N 1°11′12″W / 50.6001°N 1.1868°W / 50.6001; -1.1868 (St Boniface Church, Bonchurch)	Anglican	II	Like the earlier church in the south-coast village, this Victorian church bears a rare dedication to Saint Boniface. Designed in 1847–48 by Benjamin Ferrey, the style lies between Early English Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival. The "solemn but quite large" building has transects and is topped with a bell-cot rather than having a tower or spire. The main material is ashlar. The East Windows were designed by William Wailes and other fine stained glass. The church cost £2,845.3s.9d. and was consecrated on 11 December 1848.	[48][127] [128][129] [130][131]
St Mary the Virgin's Church (More images)		Brading 50°40′57″N 1°08′34″W / 50.6824°N 1.1427°W / 50.6824; -1.1427 (St Mary the Virgin's Church, Brading)	Anglican	I	This "impressive" and large church serves the formerly important port of Brading and a vast parish covering the east of the island. There are many monuments to the Oglander baronets of Nunwell House, principally in the south (or Oglander) chapel. The west tower is raised on four piers with an entrance below. Inside, the appearance is largely 12th-century, although the north and south chapels date from the 15th century. The aisles flanking the nave have five-bay arcades in a style characteristic of several churches on the island.	[48][50] [132][133] [134]
Brading Methodist Church (More images)		Brading 50°41′05″N 1°19′31″W / 50.6847°N 1.3252°W / 50.6847; -1.3252 (Bowcombe Methodist Church, Bowcombe)	Methodist	–	This chapel dates from 1867 and was built for Bible Christians, succeeding the Salem Chapel of 1844 and another place of worship ("Warder's Chapel") which occupied a rented building. In May 2016, the church was damaged when a car in the adjacent car park caught fire and the flames spread to the side of the building.	[48][135] [136][137] [138]
St Mary the Virgin's Church (More images)		Brighstone 50°38′33″N 1°23′40″W / 50.6424°N 1.3945°W / 50.6424; -1.3945 (St Mary the Virgin's Church, Brighstone)	Anglican	I	Only the arcade in the north aisle (which was otherwise restored in 1852, along with the rest of the north side, by the rector Edward McAll) survives from the 12th-century church in this village in the southwest. The tower, of mixed stonework and with battlements and a short lead-covered spire, is of various dates between the 13th and 15th centuries, and other parts of the building are mainly of this period. "A remarkable series" of stained glass from the late 19th century was executed by various designers.	[48][139] [140][141] [142][143]
Brighstone Methodist Church (More images)		Brighstone 50°38′29″N 1°23′50″W / 50.6414°N 1.3971°W / 50.6414; -1.3971 (Brighstone Methodist Church, Brighstone)	Methodist	–	This is the modern successor to the former chapel at Hunnyhill, which served Methodists (originally Bible Christians) from 1837 until 1999. In the latter year the present building was opened on New Road to replace it. The church was registered for marriages in March 2000.	[48][144] [145][146]
St Mary the Virgin's Church (More images)		Brook 50°39′28″N 1°26′35″W / 50.6579°N 1.4430°W / 50.6579; -1.4430 (St Mary the Virgin's Church, Brook)	Anglican	II	The church, which stands on a high, steeply sloping knoll, burnt down in 1862 or 1863 and was rebuilt to the present Early English Gothic Revival design by Willoughby Mullins in 1864. Parts of the tower, including its integral porch, survived but have been altered; in particular, the tower was given a new upper stage and shingled spire in 1889. There are no aisles, but a side chapel on the north side was probably a mid-18th-century addition by the Lord of the manor. The nave and chancel are not separated structurally.	[48][147] [148][149] [150][151]
All Saints Church (More images)		Calbourne 50°40′38″N 1°23′59″W / 50.6772°N 1.3998°W / 50.6772; -1.3998 (All Saints Church, Calbourne)	Anglican	II*	A church existed here at the time of the Domesday survey but has been altered several times since, and is now a "complex" building of various dates. The "elaborate" Norman-style porch is in fact Victorian, part of A. F. Livesay's restoration which began in 1836, but genuinely older are the stone and flint chancel and nave (both 13th-century), the tower (rebuilt from ruins in 1752) and the windows. The chapel on the north side was rebuilt by Livesay in 1842 for the Lords of Swainston Manor. Its vaulted and arcaded interior was mostly removed during alterations in the 1970s.	[48][150] [152][153] [154][155]
St Mary the Virgin's Church (More images)		Carisbrooke 50°41′31″N 1°18′50″W / 50.6919°N 1.3138°W / 50.6919; -1.3138 (St Mary the Virgin's Church, Carisbrooke)	Anglican	I	The Victoria County History states that St Mary's "ranks first in importance" among the island's parish churches, standing high above the village street as a "worthy" accompaniment to the nearby castle. Carisbrooke was associated with the priory at Lire in France, and the church (successor to another which stood on an unknown site in the vast parish) was conventual as well as a parish church. The small monastic buildings were demolished in the 16th century, at the same time as the chancel. Parts of the nave walls date from the 12th century, when the church was founded, the tall tower is 15th-century and the king post roof is also old. The church held the burial rights for Newport's residents for many years.	[48][156] [157][158] [159][160] [161]
St Nicholas-in-Castro Church (More images)		Carisbrooke 50°41′14″N 1°18′50″W / 50.6873°N 1.3138°W / 50.6873; -1.3138 (St Nicholas-in-Castro Church, Carisbrooke)	Anglican	–	This chapel within the castle grounds existed by the 11th century but was destroyed and rebuilt during Lord Lymington's restoration work of 1738. It was in ruins by 1856, but in 1904–06 local architect Percy Stone rebuilt it in Gothic Revival style. It now serves as a public place of worship, and in 1919 it was further altered by Stone to serve as a war memorial and to commemorate King Charles I, whose statue stands inside the "lavish" interior. The chapel is a simple rectangular building in the Perpendicular Gothic Revival style.	[48][156] [162][163]
Wayfarers Fellowship (More images)		Carisbrooke 50°41′27″N 1°18′48″W / 50.6908°N 1.3132°W / 50.6908; -1.3132 (Wayfarers' Fellowship, Carisbrooke)	Evangelical	–	A Primitive Methodist chapel was built on this site in 1859 and stood here until 1932. The present building has been used since 1950 by an Evangelical group which was founded 14 years earlier.	[48][164]
Verbum Dei Retreat (St Dominic's Priory)		Carisbrooke 50°41′10″N 1°18′19″W / 50.6862°N 1.3054°W / 50.6862; -1.3054 (Verbum Dei Retreat (St Dominic's Priory), Carisbrooke)	Non-denominational	–	This building was an outhouse of the Catholic St Dominic's Priory complex from 1866 until 1989. It is now home to a community of Catholic nuns from the Verbum Dei missionary fraternity who run a retreat centre. The rest of the priory was purchased by Protestant group in 1993 and is now known as Carisbrooke Priory, and operated as a Christian healing centre with the old priory chapel being registered for worship as a non-denominational Christian church and marriages in August 2004.	[48][165] [166]
St Andrew's Church (More images)		Chale 50°35′45″N 1°19′07″W / 50.5958°N 1.3185°W / 50.5958; -1.3185 (St Andrew's Church, Chale)	Anglican	II*	Nothing survives on this high, "bleak", rural site from the first chapel, founded in 1114. The present exterior appearance is Perpendicular Gothic, particularly the two-stage west tower (which has two inscribed bells of the 14th and 17th centuries). The chancel was extended, and a new chancel arch formed, in 1872. There is some stained glass by Charles Eamer Kempe.	[48][167] [168][169] [170][171]
Holy Trinity Church (More images)		Cowes 50°45′58″N 1°18′08″W / 50.7660°N 1.3023°W / 50.7660; -1.3023 (Holy Trinity Church, Cowes)	Anglican	II	This Gothic Revival church was designed in 1832 by a Portsmouth architect, Benjamin Bramble, and stands on a hillside behind the foreshore. Yellow stock brickwork is used throughout. A chancel with a semicircular apse was built in 1862 to the design of R.J. Jones, whose other island work includes the church at Swanmore and a rebuilding of Kingston's church. The west tower has a battlemented upper stage, and a timber gallery survives inside.	[48][172] [173][174] [175][176]
St Faith's Church (More images)		Cowes 50°45′15″N 1°17′54″W / 50.7542°N 1.2984°W / 50.7542; -1.2984 (St Faith's Church, Cowes)	Anglican[note 5]	II	The reinforced concrete arches in this church in the south of town are among the earliest examples of this construction feature. The church dates from 1909 and was designed by J. Standen Atkins. It replaced a temporary building on the same site, but is of a smaller and simpler design than originally intended because not enough money could be raised. For example, a two-storey chancel was planned for the east end of the steeply sloping site. The exterior walls are roughcast and there is no tower or spire—merely a turret on the gable end with twin bell-openings. Although broadly Gothic Revival in style, it exhibits features of the functional Vernacular style of Charles Voysey.	[48][173] [178][179] [180]
St Mary the Virgin's Church (More images)		Cowes 50°45′47″N 1°18′07″W / 50.7630°N 1.3019°W / 50.7630; -1.3019 (St Mary the Virgin's Church, Cowes)	Anglican	II*	An Anglican chapel was built in Cowes in 1657, attributed to Joseph Richards. John Nash designed the "radically Grecian " tower at the west end in 1815–16, and only this part survived the wholesale reconstruction carried out in 1867 to the design of Arthur Cates. The chancel and apse were further rebuilt in 1900 by H. Lloyd. The church has the mausoleum of the Ward family of neighbouring Northwood House (George Ward was a friend of John Nash and a benefactor of the church). The multicoloured brick interior contrasts with the rough stonework of the exterior.	[48][172] [110][181] [182][183]
Victoria Road Chapel (More images)		Cowes 50°45′32″N 1°18′07″W / 50.7590°N 1.3020°W / 50.7590; -1.3020 (Victoria Road Chapel, Cowes)	Baptist	–	Nikolaus Pevsner considered this "a more elaborate version" of the nearby West Hill Primitive Methodist chapel, now the town library. It was built between 1876 and 1877 in a Classical style with pilasters of the Composite order supporting a large, shallow pediment. The building is of buff-coloured brick with details picked out in stucco and red-brick arches above the door and windows. The chapel was registered for marriages in April 1880 and is now known as Cowes Baptist Church.	[48][172] [184][178] [185]
The Community Church – IoW (More images)		Cowes 50°45′30″N 1°17′40″W / 50.7582°N 1.2945°W / 50.7582; -1.2945 (The Community Church – IoW, Cowes)	Evangelical	–	This building was originally an Anglican mission hall dedicated to St Andrew and served by the parish church, St Mary's. It was active from the 1880s until the 1920s (a datestone on the entrance porch shows 1886) and was later used as a hall by the local community. An Evangelical congregation now occupies the building, which is known as St Andrew's Christian Centre.	[48][186]
Cowes Methodist Church (More images)		Cowes 50°45′36″N 1°17′47″W / 50.7599°N 1.2965°W / 50.7599; -1.2965 (Cowes Methodist Church, Cowes)	Methodist	–	The church, which seats 750 people, replaced the 550-capacity Wesleyan chapel diagonally opposite (now Alexandra Hall) and opened in June 1901 with the name Victoria Wesleyan Church. It was registered for marriages in the same month. It was named after Queen Victoria, who donated £20 towards the £9,000 cost. It is a red-brick and pale stone building in the Perpendicular Gothic Revival style with a "graceful" three-stage octagonal corner tower topped by a decorative parapet and a short spire. The architects were the firm of Bell, Withers and Meredith. The church hall behind was demolished in 1992.	[48][178] [187][188] [189][190]
Victoria Hall (More images)		Cowes 50°45′15″N 1°17′49″W / 50.7542°N 1.2969°W / 50.7542; -1.2969 (Victoria Hall, Cowes)	Plymouth Brethren	–	This has been registered as a Brethren meeting room since June 1958.	[191][192]
St Thomas of Canterbury's Church (More images)		Cowes 50°45′45″N 1°17′57″W / 50.7625°N 1.2992°W / 50.7625; -1.2992 (St Thomas of Canterbury's Church, Cowes)	Roman Catholic	II	"Of great historical importance" for its early date—it was built five years after the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 permitted Catholic chapels to be opened and registered—this Georgian building was altered in the Victorian era (partly because of damage caused by a tornado), the 1970s and the 1990s, but retains a tall Classical reredos. Pale brown brick, tall arched windows and an Ionic porch characterise the exterior. The architect was the first priest, Rev. Thomas Gabb, and John Young was the builder. The cost of £2,808.9s.8d. was met by Elizabeth Heneage.	[48][172] [178][193] [194][195] [196][197] [198][199]
Cowes National Spiritualist Church (More images)		Cowes 50°45′26″N 1°17′51″W / 50.7573°N 1.2975°W / 50.7573; -1.2975 (Cowes National Spiritualist Church, Cowes)	Spiritualist	–	The history of Spiritualist worship in Cowes goes back to the 1930s, when a former Primitive Methodist chapel (now demolished) was converted into a church for the congregation. In 1955 they moved to a new building on the road to Newport (registered for marriages in August 1955), which was in turn demolished in 2011 and replaced with the present structure.	[48][200] [201]
St James's Church (More images)		East Cowes 50°45′28″N 1°17′09″W / 50.7579°N 1.2858°W / 50.7579; -1.2858 (St James's Church, East Cowes)	Anglican	II	John Nash, who designed the original church here and lived at East Cowes Castle, is buried in the churchyard with his wife. Nash's building of 1831–33 (described by Sir John Summerson as "excessively plain Gothic"), whose foundation stone was laid by Princess Victoria just before she became Queen, was comprehensively enlarged and redesigned between 1868 and 1870 by Thomas Hellyer in an unconventional interpretation of the Gothic Revival style. The tower was retained, however, the and Nash tomb is next to its base.	[48][98] [193][110] [202][203] [204][205]
East Cowes Methodist Church (More images)		East Cowes 50°45′13″N 1°17′13″W / 50.7535°N 1.2869°W / 50.7535; -1.2869 (East Cowes Methodist Church, East Cowes)	Methodist	–	This building dates from 1878, but there was a 140-capacity Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the parish of Whippingham (of which East Cowes was part) from 1850. It was registered for marriages in February 1893.	[48][98] [102][206] [207][208]
Clarence Road Evangelical Church (More images)		East Cowes 50°45′20″N 1°17′20″W / 50.7556°N 1.2888°W / 50.7556; -1.2888 (East Cowes Evangelical Church, East Cowes)	Open Brethren	–	For many years this church was called Berachah Gospel Hall. A church has stood here since the mid-19th century: until World War II it was a Bible Christian Methodist chapel, but it was nearly destroyed by bombs and was rebuilt for a new congregation—for whom it was registered in November 1952.	[48][209] [210][211]
St David's Church (More images)		East Cowes 50°45′14″N 1°16′58″W / 50.7539°N 1.2828°W / 50.7539; -1.2828 (St David's Church, East Cowes)	Roman Catholic	–	This is the third Catholic church in East Cowes, all of which have occupied the present site in Connaught Road. A tin tabernacle was used between 1906 and 1923, then a brick replacement was built. This was bombed in 1942, and Cyril A.F. Sheppard of Ryde designed its replacement in 1951–52 (a temporary church erected in 1945 by a Newport builder was incorporated into the new church). The walls are of red brick, the roof is tiled and the simple rectangular interior has concrete roof trusses and a gallery.	[48][212] [213][33]
All Saints Church (More images)		Freshwater 50°41′04″N 1°30′37″W / 50.6844°N 1.5102°W / 50.6844; -1.5102 (All Saints Church, Freshwater)	Anglican	II*	The ancient parish church looks over the old village centre from the northeast and has the River Yar estuary to its rear. The tall battlemented tower, flanked by north and south aisles, dominates the west end. W.T. Stratton's restoration and extension work of 1875–76 gives way to a mostly 13th-century interior. Many fittings are ancient, but a "strongly realistic" bust of longtime Freshwater resident Alfred, Lord Tennyson was installed in 1992 in a 13th-century tomb recess.	[48][214] [215][216] [217][218]
Rectory Chapel (More images)		Freshwater 50°40′48″N 1°31′04″W / 50.6799°N 1.5178°W / 50.6799; -1.5178 (Rectory Chapel, Freshwater)	Anglican	L	The chapel, which holds weekday Anglican services within the parish of Freshwater (also covering All Saints and St Agnes' churches), is part of a complex which includes the parish hall and which was originally a 17th-century or earlier tithe barn. The chapel section, built entirely of stone, may have been erected later in the 17th century and was altered in the Victorian era.	[219][220]
St Agnes' Church (More images)		Freshwater 50°40′23″N 1°31′03″W / 50.6731°N 1.5174°W / 50.6731; -1.5174 (St Agnes' Church, Freshwater)	Anglican	II	Located at Freshwater Bay, this was initially a chapel of ease to All Saints Church. The street frontage is "contrivedly picturesque" but the rest of the stone-built apse-ended chapel is much simpler. The roof is thatched. Architect Isaac Jones designed the church in 1908, reusing stone from a demolished farmhouse.	[48][214] [221][222] [223]
Colwell Baptist Church (More images)		Freshwater 50°41′16″N 1°31′57″W / 50.6877°N 1.5326°W / 50.6877; -1.5326 (Colwell Baptist Church, Freshwater)	Baptist	–	This chapel was founded by worshippers who seceded from a nearby Particular Baptist church. Built in 1836 (although the congregation assembled from 1830) and known as Ebenezer Chapel for many years, it is a simple white-painted building, long and low-set and built parallel to the road, with an attached graveyard. The roof is of slate. The three-bay façade dates from the late 19th century, when an extra bay was added on the north side. The marriage registration dates from May 1922.	[48][214] [224][225] [226][227]
Freshwater Methodist Church (More images)		Freshwater 50°40′55″N 1°31′28″W / 50.6820°N 1.5245°W / 50.6820; -1.5245 (Freshwater Methodist Church, Freshwater)	Methodist	–	The first Methodist chapel in Freshwater was named Providence Chapel and was built in 1824 for Wesleyans. This was replaced by a new chapel, Wesley Hall, in 1959. Nearby Totland Methodist Church closed in 2010, and a planning application to demolish the chapel at Freshwater and replace it with a new church serving both congregations was approved in February 2012. Work on the first phase was completed in 2014 at a cost of £450,000, the new church opened on 20 September 2014, and in February 2015 it was registered for marriages.	[48][225] [228][229] [230][231]