Conservation Area (CA)
No CA
Local Listing Reference
LLHA0090
Description
Red-brown brick church with stone dressings. Cruciform in plan, with tiled pitched roofs. Tower to ‘west’ end (actually southwest) particularly monolithic, with strong horizontality due to its width, broad louvred belfry windows and stone banding. Considered by Antram & Pevsner (2013) to recall Lutyen’s Thiepval memorial built just a year earlier. Round arched window and door openings. Remainder of building more Arts and Crafts in character. Reflecting the dedication to St Andrew (who was a fisherman), the interior of the roof is intended to resemble an upturned fishing boat. Erected 1933-4 to the designs of L. Keir Hett; his first church design and apparently paid for by his parents. It replaced an earlier temporary church. It was built to serve the surrounding housing estate, which had mostly been developed in the 1920s and 1930s. Source: Antram & Morrice 2013, Carder 1990
A. Architectural, Design and Artistic Interest
ii. A bold example of its type, which applies 1930s architecture to a traditional church form
iv. The first church design by L. Keir Hett, a notable local architect who went on to design many churches in the region. His work includes St Richard’s Church, Haywards Heath (listed grade II). Of his work in the city, this example is of the greatest architectural quality
C. Townscape Interest
iii. Not within a conservation area. The building is set back from the road, such that it is not easily visible in the streetscene in its entirety. Its tower nevertheless stands above neighbouring buildings and provides a focal point in the area.
F. Intactness
i. The building survives intact
ii. The building remains in Church use
Date of Inclusion
2015
