1885 – St Saviours Church, Ditchling Road, Brighton, Sussex

Architect: Scott & Cawthorne

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The church was built on a sloping site donated by Mr Vere Fane Bennett-Stanford of Preston Manor. A building committee raised £1,500 and constructed a crypt on the lower part of the site, where the first service was held on 17 July 1881. Further work was delayed but the foundation stone was laid on 19 August 1885, the nave and aisles were constructed in 1886 and the chancel in 1889. The architect’s original drawings show a proposed tower and broach-spire. A fund to complete the tower was in existence until 1963, but in the end, it never reached more than the first two stages. Finished in flint and redbrick timmings. The church became part of the parish of Preston St Augustine, in January 1978; it was declared redundant in 1981 and demolished in 1983

Published June 26, 2009 | Last Updated September 6, 2025