| St Gregory's Church | |
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,_Victoria_Drive,_Downside,_Eastbourne_(October_2012).JPG) The church from the southeast | |
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| 50°46′57″N 0°15′15″E / 50.7825°N 0.2541°E | |
| Location | Victoria Road, Downside, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN20 8QY |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | eastbournecatholicchurches.co.uk |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Founded | 1934 (in original building); 1965 (present building) |
| Dedication | Gregory the Great |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | A.J.M McDonough and Gordon Robins (scheme architects) of B. Stevens & Partners |
| Style | Modernist |
| Groundbreaking | 1965 |
| Completed | 1966 |
| Construction cost | £43,000 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Arundel and Brighton |
| Deanery | Eastbourne |
| Parish | Eastbourne |
St Gregory's Church, dedicated to Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great), is a Roman Catholic church serving the Old Town area and western suburbs of Eastbourne, a seaside town and borough in East Sussex, England.
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The church is licensed for worship in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 and has the registration number 70779.[3] The new building was registered for the solemnisation of marriages on 10 January 1967.[4]
St Gregory's Church is one of three in the parish of Eastbourne,[5] which is one of four (covering eight churches) which make up the Deanery of Eastbourne. In turn, this is one of 13 deaneries in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.[6] The other churches in the parish are Our Lady of Ransom in the town centre and St Agnes' in the east end.[5]
In 2005–06, the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton[note 1] analysed the attendance, capacity and parish structure of all of its churches. It reported that two priests served the parish of Eastbourne, and that the weekly Mass attendance across all three churches was 1,257 (figures per church were not given). St Gregory's Church offered one Sunday Mass and the seating capacity was reported to be 200.[8]
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- ^ Antram & Pevsner 2013, p. 341.
- ^ Sladen, Teresa; Antram, Nicholas (2005). "Eastbourne – St Gregory". English Heritage. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 70779; Name: St Gregory's Roman Catholic Church; Address: Victoria Drive, Eastbourne; Denomination: Roman Catholics. (Archived version of list from April 2010; subsequent updates)
- ^ "No. 44226". The London Gazette. 13 January 1967.
- ^ a b The Diocese of Arundel & Brighton 2019, p. CHECK.
- ^ The Diocese of Arundel & Brighton 2019, p. 27.
- ^ The Diocese of Arundel & Brighton 2019, p. 5.
- ^ "Planning Parishes 2010". A&B News. No. 182. Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. March 2006. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
Bibliography edit
- Antram, Nicholas; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2013). Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove. The Buildings of England. London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-18473-0.
- Kennedy, Joan (2001). Our Lady of Ransom, in Gratitude and Hope. Eastbourne: Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church.
- The Diocese of Arundel & Brighton (2019). The Diocese of Arundel & Brighton Diocesan Directory 2019. Crawley: Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.
- Whatmore, Leonard E. (1977). The Story of Our Lady of Ransom Eastbourne. Eastbourne: Our Lady of Ransom Church.