St. Mary's Church, Kemp Town

Address
Upper Rock Gardens, Brighton, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, BN2 1PR
Map link

Description
St Mary’s Church was built in 1876–8 to designs by Sir William Emerson, PRIBA, and is his only surviving church in Britain. The modest brick exterior conceals an interior of surprising volume and warmth, which reflects Emerson’s training under William Burges, the great Gothic Revivalist, but also the Indo-Islamic influences of a career spent largely in India, where he most famously built the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta (Kolkata). The interior is finely finished; the pier capitals, brick vaulting, pulpit, font, reredos and canopy, mosaic sanctuary floor, and choir stalls are all deserving of attention. There is an excellent range of stained-glass and cathedral-tint windows, including eight pictorial windows by Alfred Octavius Hemming. Other windows are by George William Luxford, James Powell & Sons, Burlison and Grylls, Mayer of Munich, and Charles Eamer Kempe. 

We hope you can visit during our Ride & Stride / Heritage Open Days activity. Check for full event details on our website and social media pages.
 
No booking required.

Times

• Saturday 12 September: 0900-1800

Additional information
www.facebook.com/BrightonStMary
www.stmaryschurchbrighton.org.uk

Organised by
St Mary's Church and The Regency Town House
 
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