St John the Baptist (Brighton)
St John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic Church in the English coastal city of Brighton .
history
The church on Bristol Road was built between 1832 and 1835 in the neo-renaissance style in the neo-renaissance style in the classical style according to plans by the architect William Hallet and in 1875 the eastern part was expanded considerably according to a design by Gilbert Robert Blount . The sculptural work was carried out by John Carew. The interior was redesigned around 1888.
William Hallet based his design on the first building of the Church of St Mary Moorfields in London designed by John Newman , particularly with regard to the portico in front of the nave .
Building description
St John the Baptist has only one wide nave with a flat ceiling as a space for the congregation . This is followed by the three-aisled and two-bay choir of the same overall width, the side aisles of which are covered with groin vaults and the central nave with a barrel vault. The single nave chancel follows the central nave of the choir with another yoke, also barrel vaulted and with a straight end without an apse .
Maria Fitzherbert's tomb and classification as an architectural monument
Maria Fitzherbert , first wife of the future King George IV of Great Britain and Roman Catholic, is buried in the church. Her grave monument is on the south wall of the nave near the organ stage. It shows her kneeling with three wedding rings as a sign of her three marriages (she was already widowed twice when she married Georg), accompanied by symbols of remembrance, loyalty and religiosity.
St John the Baptist is registered in the official list of monuments of the United Kingdom as a Grade II * ("particularly important buildings of more than special interest").
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- Excerpt from the English Heritage Review of Diocesan Churches 2005 (PDF) ( Memento from October 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
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Coordinates: 50 ° 49 '10 " N , 0 ° 7' 33.7" W.