St Edmund's Church, Beckenham

St Edmund's Church
St Edmund of Canterbury Church


51°24′22″N 0°01′46″W / 51.40599°N 0.02958°W / 51.40599; -0.02958
OS grid reference	TQ37146928
Location	Beckenham
Country	England
Denomination	Catholic
Website	SaintEdmunds.net
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	24 April 1927
Dedication	Edmund of Canterbury
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	James O’Hanlon Hughes
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	3 July 1937
Completed	1938
Construction cost	£16,500
Administration
Province	Southwark
Archdiocese	Southwark
Deanery	Bromley^[1]
Parish	St Edmund's

St Edmund's Church or St Edmund of Canterbury Church is a Catholic parish church in Beckenham, the Borough of Bromley, London. It was built from 1937 to 1938 and designed by James O’Hanlon Hughes who also designed St George's Church, Polegate. Built in the late Gothic Revival style, it is situated close to the town centre, on Village Way near the junction with the High Street. According to Nikolaus Pevsner's The Buildings of England, the church is "worthy of Sir Giles Scott himself".^[2]

History

Foundation

In 1891, a mission was started in Beckenham to serve the Catholics there. From that mission, a parish was started, and two churches were built before the current one was opened. The first church, on Overbury Avenue, was called the Church of the Transfiguration and St Benedict. The foundation stone was laid on 27 October 1891 by the Archbishop of Southwark, John Butt. The church was designed by R. A. Boase in the classical style. It had stained glass windows designed by Nathaniel Westlake. It was quite small, cost £1,500, and a planned second part of the church was never built,^[3] and the church has since been demolished.^[4]

Construction

In 1920, the church got its own parish. A new larger church was needed to accommodate the growing congregation. The site of the current church was purchased and a temporary church was built on the same street. On 24 April 1927, the temporary church was opened. Like the current church, it was named after St Edmund of Canterbury.^[3]

While the temporary church was being used, plans were made and fundraising was done for the construction of the current church. On 3 July 1937, the foundation stone for the current church was laid by the Archbishop of Southwark Peter Amigo. The church was designed by James O'Hanlon Hughes. He also designed St George's Church, Polegate and St Thomas More Church in Seaford.^[5] He designed the church in a Gothic Revival style reminiscent of Giles Gilbert Scott. The total cost of the church and its furnishings was £16,500. In 1938, the church was opened.^[3]

Developments

In 1938, 1946, 1965, 1969 and 1971, stained glass windows were added to the church. They were made by Hardman & Co. In 1975, the parish hall was built opposite the church. Throughout the 1970s, the altar was moved forward, the canopy and the altar rails removed, and the tabernacle stand was moved to the southeast chapel.^[3]

Parish

The church is in the deanery of Bromley, and has four Sunday Masses at 6:00 pm on Saturday, and at 9:30 am, 11:00 am, and 5:30 pm on Sunday.^[6]

References

^ Deaneries from Archdiocese of Southwark, retrieved 9 October 2024
^ Newman, John (1963). Pevsner, Nikolaus (ed.). The Buildings of England. Vol. Kent: North East and East. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-18506-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Beckenham - St Edmund of Canterbury". Taking Stock. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
^ The Indicator from Beckenham Methodist Church, Autumn 2024
^ Twentieth-Century Roman Catholic Church Architecture in England: A Characterisation Study by Architectural History Practice, July 2014
^ "Digital Diocesan Directory - Archdiocese of Southwark". www.rcsouthwark.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-12.

External links

Media related to Church of Saint Edmund, Beckenham at Wikimedia Commons

Official website

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Places of worship	Bromley Reform Synagogue St Botolph's Church, Ruxley St Edmund's Church, Beckenham St George's Church, Beckenham St John the Evangelist's Church, Penge St Mark's Church, Bromley St Mary's Church, Chislehurst St Mary's Church, Downe St Mary the Virgin, Hayes St Peter and St Paul's Church, Bromley
Constituencies	Beckenham Bromley and Chislehurst Lewisham West and Penge Orpington
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v t e Churches in Bromley
ancient parish churches (pre-1800)	All Saints, Orpington Keston Parish Church St Botolph's Church, Ruxley St George, Beckenham St Giles the Abbot, Farnborough St John the Baptist, West Wickham St Martin of Tours, Chelsfield St Mary Magdalene, Downe St Mary, St Mary Cray St Mary the Virgin, Hayes St Nicholas, Chislehurst St Peter and St Paul, Bromley St Peter and St Paul, Cudham St Paulinus, St Mary Cray
Anglican daughter churches	Church of the Annunciation, Chislehurst Christ Church, Beckenham Christ Church, Bromley Christ Church, Orpington Christ Church, Penge Holy Trinity, Bromley Common St Andrew, Orpington St Francis of Assisi, Petts Wood St John the Evangelist, Penge St Luke, Bromley Common St Mark, Biggin Hill St Mark, Bromley St Mary, Bromley St Mary, Green Street Green St Michael and All Angels, Beckenham
other denominations	Beckenham Baptist Beckenham Methodist Bromley Baptist Bromley Common Methodist Bromley Methodist Bromley United Reformed Chelsfield Methodist Chislehurst Baptist Chislehurst Methodist Christ Church, Petts Wood Holy Innocents, Orpington Farnborough Methodist Orpington Baptist Orpington Methodist Penge Congregational Petts Wood Methodist St Anthony of Padua, Anerley St Edmund of Canterbury, Beckenham St George's RAF Chapel Of Remembrance St James, Petts Wood St Joseph, Bromley St Joseph, St Mary Cray St Mark, West Wickham St Mary, Chislehurst St Michael and All Angels, Farnborough St Patrick, West Chislehurst St Swithin, Bromley Common St Theresa of the Child Jesus, Biggin Hill

v t e Archdiocese of Southwark
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
Archbishops and bishops of Southwark I: Thomas Grant II: James Danell III: Robert Coffin IV: John Butt V: Francis Bourne VI: Peter Amigo VII: Cyril Cowderoy VIII: Michael Bowen IX: Kevin McDonald (Bishop Emeritus) X: Peter Smith XI: John Wilson Auxiliary bishops in Southwark Charles Henderson Paul Hendricks John Hine John Jukes Patrick Lynch Howard Tripp Philip Moger
Churches St George's Cathedral, Southwark – Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George St Osmund, Barnes Sacred Heart, Battersea St Edmund, Beckenham Our Lady Help of Christians, Blackheath Corpus Christi, Brixton Sacred Heart, Camberwell St Thomas of Canterbury, Canterbury St Michael the Archangel, Chatham St Mary, Chislehurst St Mary, Clapham St Mary, Croydon St Paul, Dover St Thomas More, Dulwich Our Lady of the Angels, Erith Our Lady of Gillingham St Thomas Aquinas, Ham Our Lady of Loreto and St Winefride, Kew St Agatha, Kingston St Saviour, Lewisham St Mary Magdalen, Mortlake St John the Evangelist, Putney St Augustine, Ramsgate St Ethelbert, Ramsgate Our Lady Queen of Peace, Richmond St Elizabeth of Portugal, Richmond St Joseph, Roehampton Most Precious Blood, Southwark St Winefride, South Wimbledon Sts Simon and Jude, Streatham Hill St Raphael, Surbiton St Anne, Vauxhall St Patrick, Waterloo Sacred Heart, Wimbledon Christ the King, Wimbledon Park St Peter, Woolwich
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