St John the Baptist's Church, Brighton

St John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic church in the English seaside town of Brighton.

History

Located in the Bristol Road Church was built 1832-1835 in neo-classical style by architect William Hallet and 1875 considerably extended in the eastern part to a design by Robert Gilbert Blount in the Neo-Renaissance style. The sculptural works resulted from John Carew. 1888 was a redesign of the interior.

William Hallet was based very closely with his design particularly in terms of the nave upstream portico, designed by John Newman first building of the church of St Mary Moorfields in London.

Specifications

St John the Baptist has a space for the community just over a single wide nave with a flat ceiling mounted. This is followed by the three-nave and choir zweijochige same overall width connects, the aisles are covered with cross vaults and its nave with a barrel vault. At the central nave of the choir still follows with another yoke of the nave chancel, also barrel vaulted and with straight ends without apse.

Tomb of Maria Fitzherbert and classification as a historic structure

Maria Fitzherbert, first wife of the future King George IV of the United Kingdom and the Roman Catholic faith is buried in the church. Her grave monument is located on the south wall of the nave near the organ loft. It displays them in a kneeling position with three wedding rings as a sign of her three marriages (she was already a widow in marriage to George twice), accompanied with symbols of memory, loyalty and religiosity.

St John the Baptist is in the official list of historic monuments of the United Kingdom as an architectural monument of the Grade II * ( "particularly important buildings of more than special interest", in German: " particularly important building of general interest " ) is entered.

Swell

• Extract from English Heritage Review of Diocesan Churches 2005, pdf file, accessed November 24, 2011