St Saviour's Church, Eastbourne

St Saviour's Church, Eastbourne
St Saviour's Church, Eastbourne
Church of St Saviour and St Peter
	50°45′57″N 0°16′59″E / 50.7659°N 0.283°E
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Traditional Catholic
History
Former name(s)	Church of the Holy Saviour
Status	Active
Consecrated	31 January 1867
Architecture
Functional status	Parish church
Heritage designation	Grade II* listed
Designated	17 May 1971
Architect(s)	G. E. Street
Specifications
Spire height	176 feet (54 m)
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Chichester
Archdeaconry	Archdeaconry of Hastings
Deanery	Eastbourne
Parish	St. Saviour and St. Peter, Eastbourne
Clergy
Bishop(s)	The Rt Revd Martin Warner (AEO)
Vicar(s)	Fr Mark McAulay SSC
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	Pauline Fella and Keith Metcalfe

St Saviour's Church is a Church of England parish church in Eastbourne, East Sussex. The church is a grade II* listed building which was designed by G. E. Street.^[1]

History

St Saviour's Church was designed by George Edmund Street. On 17 October 1865, the foundation stone of the new church was laid. The main church building was built from 1865 to 1866, and its steeple was built from 1870 to 1872. The church was consecrated on 31 January 1867 by Ashurst Gilbert, the Bishop of Chichester. It is made from red brick with Bath stone dressings, and has a polychrome, clay tile roof. There were later additions to the church: a baptistry was added in 1892; a chapel was added to the south in 1903; and church room was built in 1954.^[1]

The church was originally dedicated as the Church of the Holy Saviour.^[2] In 1971, the neighbouring St Peter's Church was demolished and the two parishes were combined, but it remained St Saviour's Church.^[1]

On 17 May 1971, the church was designated a grade II* listed building.^[1]