St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Hove

St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Hove

Parish church
name=St Andrew (Old Church), Hove


caption=
dedication=Saint Andrew
denomination=Church of England
tradition=Broad Church
parish=Hove, St Andrew (Old Church)
deanery=Rural Deanery of Hove
archdeaconry=Chichester
diocese=Chichester
province=Canterbury
vicar= The Revd Jonathan Swindells

St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in Church Road, Hove, in the English city of Brighton and Hove. It is usually referred to as St Andrew (Old Church) to distinguish it from another St Andrew's Church in Waterloo Street, elsewhere in Hove. It served as Hove's parish church for several centuries until 1892,cite book |last=Dale |first=Antony |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Brighton Churches |origdate= |origyear=1989 |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=Routledge |location=London EC4 |language= |isbn=0-415-00863-8 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=p78 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ] although the building was in a state of near-ruin until Hove began to grow from an isolated village to a popular residential area in the early 19th century.cite book |last=Dale |first=Antony |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Brighton Churches |origdate= |origyear=1989 |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=Routledge |location=London EC4 |language= |isbn=0-415-00863-8 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=p72 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ]

History

Hove developed independently of, and separately from, neighbouring Brighton, beginning as a linear village around a single street running north–south (known now as Hove Street). A church was established in mediaeval times, possibly around the 12th century,cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others=School of Architecture and Interior Design, Brighton Polytechnic |title=A Guide to the Buildings of Brighton |origdate= |origyear=1987 |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=McMillan Martin |location=Macclesfield |language= |isbn=1-869-86503-0 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=p113 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ] at an isolated location in fields to the northeast of the village; access was only possible from the west. The original building was replaced with a simple Norman-style church with an aisled nave and a tower. By the 13th century a chancel had been added. This church functioned as the parish church of Hove until 1531, when the parish was united with that of Preston (to the northeast) and became the parish of Hove-cum-Preston. Although its parish church status remained, the church's structure declined into ruins, with a declining population unable to maintain it. By the 18th century the nave and chancel were crumbling; parts of the roof were removed; and the tower fell down in 1801.cite book |last=Dale |first=Antony |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Brighton Churches |origdate= |origyear=1989 |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=Routledge |location=London EC4 |language= |isbn=0-415-00863-8 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=p71 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ]

The church's fortunes changed with the development of the Brunswick estate and other residential areas around the old village in the early 19th century. At this time, Brighton had expanded to the boundary between its own parish and that of Hove-cum-Preston, so any more development would fall within Hove; as a result, Hove's population rose from 100 in 1801 to 2,500 by 1841 and 11,000 by 1871 as most of the available land west of the boundary was systematically built on. Construction of the Brunswick estate began in 1824. Although St Andrew's Church in Waterloo Street was built to serve it in 1828 (as a chapel of ease), the parish officials realised that a rebuilding of the original St Andrew's would be needed as well to provide enough capacity. A meeting was held at a nearby public house on 14 September 1833 to propose its restoration. The following week, a vote was taken on whether to demolish it instead and rebuild it on a new, more accessible site; the parish decided against this.

Architect George Basevi was asked to assess how much the reconstruction would cost. He quoted £1,870 exclusive of internal fittings and his fee, both of which were just over £50 (his father, a Brunswick estate resident, ultimately paid the latter). The parish borrowed £2,000, and rebuilding commenced in 1834. London-based building firm Butler & Green carried out the construction work to Basevi's design.

St Andrew's was reopened on 18 June 1836, with a seating capacity of 430. 80 seats were subject to pew rents. A 200-seat extension, in the form of a gallery at the west end, was added in 1839.cite book |last=Dale |first=Antony |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Brighton Churches |origdate= |origyear=1989 |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=Routledge |location=London EC4 |language= |isbn=0-415-00863-8 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=p74 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ] Rev. Walter Kelly — vicar since 1834 — retired in 1878, when the united parish was split again into the Parish of Hove and the Parish of Preston. At this point, St Andrew's became the parish church of Hove, as it had originally been. However, the new vicar, Rev. Thomas Peacey, wanted to build a new parish church;cite book |last=Dale |first=Antony |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Brighton Churches |origdate= |origyear=1989 |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=Routledge |location=London EC4 |language= |isbn=0-415-00863-8 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=p77 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ] this happened in 1892 with the construction of All Saints Church, and St Andrew's became a chapel of ease to All Saints until it gained its own parish in 1957. [http://www.acny.org.uk/parish.php?p=10/90 The parish] covers an established residential area centred on the Hove Street/Church Road crossroads.

The churchyard was cut down in size twice, destroying historic graves. In 1880, Church Road was widened, cutting ten feet from the southern side (an Act of Parliament was used to compulsorily purchase the land); and East Sussex County Council, the local authority at the time, took all land on the northern side to build a school in 1972. Other graves were destroyed when the parish hall was built in one corner of the grounds.cite book |last=Dale |first=Antony |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Brighton Churches |origdate= |origyear=1989 |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=Routledge |location=London EC4 |language= |isbn=0-415-00863-8 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=p79 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ]

Architecture and fixtures

Dating from 1834, just before the time when the Early English style became the dominant force in ecclesiastical architecture locally and elsewhere, St Andrew's Church was designed in an unusual style which has been describedcite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others=School of Architecture and Interior Design, Brighton Polytechnic |title=A Guide to the Buildings of Brighton |origdate= |origyear=1987 |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=McMillan Martin |location=Macclesfield |language= |isbn=1-869-86503-0 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=p113 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ] cite book |last=Dale |first=Antony |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Brighton Churches |origdate= |origyear=1989 |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=Routledge |location=London EC4 |language= |isbn=0-415-00863-8 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=p73 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ] as "Neo-Norman". This refers to a revival of the original Norman architecture of the 11th and 12th centuries. Although the whole of the exterior was rebuilt, some original Norman-era parts remained inside and were retained, and possibly influenced George Basevi's design decision. A series of round columns, pointed arcade arches and parts of the roof survive from the mediaeval era, although the original box-pews and pulpit were replaced in 1879, when internal restoration work was carried out. A new font was installed in 1865. In 1953 a lychgate was installed in the southern face of the church.

Graves and memorials

Many notable people have been buried at St Andrew's Church, although not all graves survive; and other people are commemorated by memorial tablets inside the church.

The watercolour artist Copley Fielding, who lived in Hove in his later years, was buried in a tomb in the northeast corner of the churchyard after his death in nearby Worthing in 1855. There is a memorial tablet in the south aisle. The Vallances, Lords of the Manor of Hove for 150 years, have their family vault outside the chancel. Their name is also commemorated by two streets within the parish, Vallance Road and Vallance Gardens; and the wider area was originally known locally as the Vallance Estate.cite web|title=New Church Road|url=http://www.hovecivicsociety.org/articles/newchurchroad|accessdate=2008-02-15|date=2007|publisher=Hove Civic Society|work=Hove Civic Society website] The family of George Basevi, the church's architect, also have a vault and memorial stone inside the church — however, although his father, mother and sister were buried in it, George Basevi himself was buried at Ely Cathedral, where he died after falling from one of the towers.cite book |last=Dale |first=Antony |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Brighton Churches |origdate= |origyear=1989 |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=Routledge |location=London EC4 |language= |isbn=0-415-00863-8 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=p75 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ] Brighton architect Charles Busby, who had been responsible for many churches in Brighton and Hove, was buried in the churchyard, but his tomb was removed when Church Road was widened in 1880.

Rev. Walter Kelly, who died in 1887 nine years after leaving office as vicar of Hove-cum-Preston, was buried in a tomb in the churchyard, and has a memorial stone in the chancel — it is the only memorial in that part of the church. Rev. Thomas Rooper, vicar of the other St Andrew's Church at Waterloo Street in the 1850s and 1860s, is commemorated by a wall tablet; next to it is a memorial for his son Major Edward Rooper, who died in the Crimean War.cite book |last=Dale |first=Antony |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Brighton Churches |origdate= |origyear=1989 |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=Routledge |location=London EC4 |language= |isbn=0-415-00863-8 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=p76 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ] The tomb of the Elliott family, another prominent Anglican family from Brighton, is in the churchyard. Charlotte Elliott, the hymn writer, and her brothers Rev. Henry Venn Elliott and Rev. Edward Bishop Elliott (associated with the curacies of St Mary's Church and St Mark's Church respectively) are all buried there. Rev. Dr James O'Brien, the first incumbent at St Patrick's Church in nearby Cambridge Road, is also commemorated nearby.

One man whose name is internationally famous is also buried in a grave on the south side of the church. Sir George Everest, the geographer who undertook the Great Trigonometric Survey in India while acting as Surveyor-General, was the first person to determine the exact height of the world's highest mountain, which was then named after him. He died in London in December 1866 and was buried with his two children, sister and father-in-law. However, Sir George himself had no connection with Hove or Brighton at any time during his life, and none of the family members buried at the church were known to be associated with it.cite web|title=St Andrew's, Hove|url=http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__8016_path__0p115p187p785p.aspx|accessdate=2008-02-04|date=2007-02-08|publisher=My Brighton and Hove (c/o QueensPark Books)|work=My Brighton and Hove website]

The church today

St Andrew's Church is a Grade II listed building. There are Morning and Evening Prayer services every day, two services of the Eucharist on Sunday mornings, and other regular celebrations of Holy Communion. There are children's and youth facilities, including a Sunday school.cite web|title=St Andrew (Old Church), Hove|url=http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=4996|accessdate=2008-02-04|publisher=Oxford Diocesan Publications Ltd|year=2007|work=A Church Near You website]

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