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Title
Britain's lost churches
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Hyde, Matthew (Author)
Subject
Church architecture--England (LCSH)
Protestant church buildings--England (LCSH)
Catholic church buildings--England (LCSH)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: NA5461 .H93 2015 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 726.50941 full (Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
bibliography
Content
still image
text
Summary
Neglected to the elements, renovated for commercial use or demolished completely, many of Britain's beautiful churches have vanished, leaving no trace except photographs or illustrations to mark their existence. Architectural commentator Matthew Hyde travels the length and breadth of the country to seek out and tell the stories of these wonderful buildings, from churches that defy the elements in Orkney to abbeys destroyed in Henry VIII's dissolution programme and the cathedrals that suffered the terrible effects of the Blitz in World War Two. Their architectural heritage and social importance are remembered. Complete with archive photography and illustrations mirroring their glorious past, to personal photography from the author of how many look today, shrouded in undergrowth, left as ruins, and some completely gone forever. It is an emotional and poignant tribute to the many buildings that were at one time, the house of God.
Table Of Contents
Prologue
Introduction
A royal progress, 1278
1. A total loss
St Alban Cheetwood, Manchester
2. Abolished
Glastonbury Abbey
Cockersand Abbey
Calder Abbey and Seaton Nunnery
Syon
3. Lost and found
The Royal Chapel of St Stephen's, Westminster
Bradford on Avon
Eynhallow, Orkney
Chapel Barn, Bures, Suffolk
4. Drowned, swept away, buried alive
Mardale, Derwent, Normanton and Melverley
The legendary city of Dunwich
Covehithe
Reculver
Perranzabuloe, or St Piran's in the Sands
St Enodoc
5. High romance and hidden meanings
The Castle Oratory at Brougham
Knowlton church and henge
Rosslyn chapel
6. (Re)moved
Alsager to Hassall Green, Cheshire
Ramsbottom to Whalley Range
Saving St Teilo's
Lombard Street, City of London and Chertsey Road, Twickenham
7. Lost cathedrals
The vanishing cathedral of Elmham
Elgin, the Lanthorn of the North
Paul's
Llandaff : the lost temple
Uncompleted business : the Episcopal cathedral of St John the Divine, Oban
8. Chapels
The Wayside Chapel
In town : early chapels in Frome
Salem, Ebenezer, Bethesda
Dissenting cathedrals : Heckmondwike and Cleckheaton
9. Blitzed
Coventry
London, 29 December 1940
Off-target : Chilvers Coton
St Ethelburga Bishopsgate, 24 April 1993
10. Hubris
St Michael the Archangel, Booton, Norfolk
Catholic Apostolic Church, Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London
St John, Macclesfield
Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Winefride, Amlwch
St Peter's College, Cardross, Argyll
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Hyde, Matthew Britain's lost churches
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Date: 2015-07-21
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Description Language: English
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