List of new churches by G. E. Street explained

G. E. Street (1824–81) was an English architect and architectural writer, whose designs were mainly in High Victorian Gothic style. Born the son of a solicitor, he first worked in a law office, but was then articled to the architect Owen Browne Carter in Winchester. Two years later, in 1844, he moved to London and worked in the office of George Gilbert Scott. Here he also worked with George Frederick Bodley and William White. Street established his own architectural practice in 1849, initially in London, and later in Wantage (then in Berkshire). He was appointed as architect to the diocese of Oxford in 1850, and retained this position until his death. He married in 1852 and in that year moved to Oxford. He returned to London in 1856 and maintained an office there for the remainder of his career. He travelled extensively, visiting the Continent of Europe frequently. Street was also a prolific writer on architectural subjects. He was a member of the Royal Academy, and in 1874 was awarded the Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, being its president in 1881.

Most of Street's works were in relation to churches; designing new churches, restoring and making additions and alterations to existing churches, and designing fittings and furnishings for them. He also designed domestic buildings, especially vicarages, and schools with houses for the schoolmaster. He designed little in the way of public buildings, although towards the end of his life he designed what has been described as his "greatest commission", the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Most of his works were in England, especially within and close to the diocese of Oxford, where he built or restored 113 churches,^[1] but examples of his work can be found throughout England, Wales and Ireland. He also designed some buildings abroad, including a church in Constantinople. Almost all his designs are in Gothic Revival style, in particular, in what is known as the High Victorian style. This style came chronologically after the use of "pure" and "correct" use of features of English Gothic architecture, which had been championed by A. W. N. Pugin and the Ecclesiological Society. High Victorian incorporated the use of polychromy, and elements of Continental forms of Gothic architecture. Street died in 1881, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

This list contains new churches designed by Street and built in England, Scotland and Wales. He also designed churches elsewhere (seven on the Continent, of which three in Switzerland),^[2] as well as the Crimea Memorial Church in Istanbul, Turkey, built between 1858 and 1868, and St Paul's American Church in Rome, designed between 1872 and 1876.

Key

Grade (England)	Criteria
	Grade I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
	Grade II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
	Grade II	Buildings of national importance and special interest.
Category (Scotland)	Criteria
	Category A	Buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic, or fine little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type.
	Category B	Buildings of regional or more than local importance, or major examples of some particular period, style or building type which may have been altered.
	Category C(S)	Buildings of local importance, lesser examples of any period, style, or building type, as originally constructed or moderately altered; and simple traditional buildings which group well with others in categories A and B.
"—" denotes a work that is not graded.

Churches

Name	Location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
St Mary's Church	Par, Cornwall, Cornwall 50.3502°N -4.731°W		1848			II*
St Peter's Church	Treverbyn, Cornwall 50.3802°N -4.791°W		1848–50			II
St Mary's Church	Colton, Staffordshire 52.7813°N -1.9309°W		1850–52	A new church incorporating a 13th-century tower and chapel. Street also designed two of the monuments.		II*
St James' Church	Eastbury, Berkshire 51.4926°N -1.5028°W		1851–53			II
St John's Mission Church	Bournemouth, Dorset 50.7548°N -1.8746°W		1853	Originated as a mission church, later known as Old St John's Buildings, and used commercially.		II
St John the Evangelist's Church	Little Tew, Oxfordshire 51.954°N -1.442°W		1853			II
St Michael's Church	Sandhurst, Berkshire 51.3499°N -0.8156°W		1853			II*
St Simon and St Jude's Church	Milton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire 51.8661°N -1.6168°W		1853–54			II
All Saints Church	Maidenhead, Berkshire 51.5199°N -0.7367°W		1854–57	Additions made in 1907–11.		I
St. Peter's Church	Bournemouth, Dorset50.7205°N -1.8755°W		1855-1879	A new town-centre church incorporating part of the previous church building.		I
St Peter's Church	Filkins, Oxfordshire 51.7359°N -1.6579°W		1855–57			II
St Mary's Church	Wheatley, Oxfordshire 51.7476°N -1.1366°W		1855–57			II*
St Andrew's Church	Firsby, Lincolnshire 53.141°N 0.1739°W		1856			II
Chapel	Cotshill Hospital, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire 51.9448°N -1.5386°W		1856–57			II
All Saints Church	Roydon, Norfolk 52.7837°N 0.518°W		1857	A new church incorporating 12th-century doorways and a 13th-century tower.		II*
All Saints Church	Nash, Buckinghamshire 51.999°N -0.8635°W		1857–58			II
St Thomas' Church	Watchfield, Oxfordshire 51.6107°N -1.6467°W		1857–58			II
St James' Church	New Bradwell, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 52.0654°N -0.7932°W		1857–60	The north aisle, also designed by Street, was added in 1897.		II*
St Paul's Church	Herne Hill, Southwark, Greater London 51.4548°N -0.0994°W		1858			II*
St James' Church	Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Dorset 50.7329°N -1.8218°W		1858	Originally consisted of a nave, chancel and south porch; north aisle added in 1870 to Street's design. The church was further extended in 1928–31.		II
All Saints Church	Winterbourne, Gloucestershire 51.515°N -2.5047°W		1858			II
St John the Evangelist's Church	Whitwell-on-the-Hill, North Yorkshire 54.0838°N -0.8945°W		1858–60			II*
St Anne's Church	Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 51.6191°N -0.7172°W		1859			II
St John's Church	Howsham, North Yorkshire 54.0567°N -0.875°W		1859–60	For Hannah Cholmley.		I
Church of St James the Less	City of Westminster, Greater London 51.4907°N -0.1353°W		1859–61	The railings at the sides of the porch leading into the church were also designed by Street and are listed at Grade II*.		I
St John's Church	Hollington, Staffordshire 52.9467°N -1.9131°W		1859–61	Built as a chapel of ease.		II
Convent Chapel	All Saints House, Westminster, Greater London 51.5169°N -0.1384°W		1860			II
St Peter's Church	Chalvey, Slough, Berkshire 51.5068°N -0.6083°W		1860–61			II*
St John's Church	Kingstone, Staffordshire 52.8628°N -1.9116°W		1860–61	The south aisle was designed by Street.		II
St John the Evangelist's Church	Stourbridge, West Midlands 52.4554°N -2.1423°W		1860–61			II
All Saints Church	Denstone, Staffordshire 52.9653°N -1.8521°W		1860–62	For Sir Thomas Percival Heywood.		II*
All Saints Church	Coleshill, Buckinghamshire 51.6471°N -0.6321°W		1861			II*
St George's Church	St George's, Telford, Shropshire 52.6953°N -2.4319°W		1861			II
St John the Evangelist's Church	Torquay, Devon 50.4627°N -3.5247°W		1861–73	Tower completed by A. E. Street in 1884–85 to his father's design.		I
All Saints Church	Brightwalton, Berkshire 51.512°N -1.3863°W		1862	Upgraded from Grade II to Grade II* status in December 2017.		II*
SS Philip and James Church	Oxford 51.7644°N -1.264°W		1862	A new church considered to be one of Street's best. Since 1983 the building has been used as the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.		I
Church of St Elldeyrn	Capel Llanilltern, Pentyrch, Cardiff		1862	A small and simple chapel, Street had previously restored the nearby St Mary's in St Fagans.^[3]		II
St Barnabas' Church	Hurn, Dorset 50.7742°N -1.8201°W		1862–63	A small chapel.		II
St Anne's Church	Whelford, Gloucestershire 51.6885°N -1.7573°W		1863–64	A chapel of ease.		II
St Editha's Church	Amington, Tamworth, Staffordshire 52.6379°N -1.6537°W		1864			II
St Saviour's Church	Branston, Staffordshire 52.7876°N -1.6678°W		1864	A new church, later enlarged.
St John the Evangelist's Church	Warminster, Wiltshire 51.2005°N -2.1662°W		1864–65	Later additions by other architects.		II*
St Michael's Church	Waters Upton, Shropshire 52.7713°N -2.5439°W		1864–65	Replacing a Georgian church, a new church in Early English style.		II
St Nicholas' Church	Whiston, Merseyside 53.4069°N -2.803°W		1864–68			II
St Peter's Church	Malvern, Worcestershire 52.126°N -2.3381°W		1865			II
Chapel	Uppingham School, Rutland 52.5876°N -0.7246°W		1865	With later alterations.		II*
St Saviour and St Peter's Church	Eastbourne, East Sussex 50.7659°N 0.2829°W		1865–66	New church; tower added 1870–72. Later additions by different architects.		II*
Workhouse chapel	Shipmeadow, Suffolk 52.4543°N 1.5°W		1865–66	A chapel for the Wangford Hundred workhouse. Later used as a farm store.		II
St James the Great's Church	Blakedown, Worcestershire 52.4042°N -2.1767°W		1866			II
St Mary's Church	Fawley, Berkshire 51.53°N -1.4374°W		1866	Upgraded from Grade II to Grade II* status in December 2017.		II*
All Saints Church	Monkland, Herefordshire 52.2146°N -2.7913°W		1866	Rebuilding, incorporating some earlier fabric.		II*
Chapel	Royal National Hospital, Bournemouth, Dorset 50.7226°N -1.8827°W		1866–67			II
St Andrew's Church	Church Aston, Shropshire 52.7577°N -2.3817°W		1866–67	A new church replacing an earlier church.		II
St Mary's Church	Westcott, Buckinghamshire 51.8483°N -0.9609°W		1867			II*
St Mary's Church	Whixall, Shropshire 52.909°N -2.7182°W		1867			II
St Mary Magdalene's Church	Paddington, Westminster, Greater London 51.5225°N -0.189°W		1867–78	Crypt Chapel added in 1895 by Sir Ninian Comper.		I
Church of the Resurrection and All Saints	Caldy, Merseyside 53.3584°N -3.1641°W		1868	Built originally as a school. Converted into a church in 1906–07 by Douglas and Minshull.		II
St Mary the Virgin's Church	Wansford, East Yorkshire 53.995°N -0.3813°W		1868	For Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet of Sledmere.		II*
Church of the Resurrection	Eastleigh, Hampshire 50.9713°N -1.3512°W		1868–69	Later additions by different architects.		II
Holy Trinity Church	Eltham, Greenwich, Greater London 51.4483°N 0.0645°W		1868–69	New church, since extended.		II
St Cynbryd's Church	Llanddulas, Conwy, Wales 53.2896°N -3.6389°W		1868–69	New church replacing an older one of 1732.		II*
St Margaret's Church	Liverpool, Merseyside 53.3956°N -2.9661°W		1868–69			II*
St James' Church	Milnrow, Greater Manchester 53.6122°N -2.1092°W		1868–69			II
St Stephen's Church	Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire 54.4341°N -0.539°W		1868–70			II*
St Mary's Church	Thixendale, North Yorkshire 54.0388°N -0.7154°W		1868–72	For Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet of Sledmere.		II*
All Saints Church	Clifton, Bristol 51.4623°N -2.6161°W		1868–72	Severely damaged by a bomb in 1940, since rebuilt retaining Street's surviving tower.		II
St Michael and All Angels Church	Frosterley, County Durham 54.7268°N -1.9602°W		1869	The gate piers to the northeast of the church are also listed at Grade II.		II
St Andrew's Church	Kettering, Northamptonshire 52.4029°N -0.726°W		1869			II
St Peter's Church	Swinton, Greater Manchester 53.5119°N -2.3414°W		1869	Built to replace a chapel of ease, for Revd H. R. Heywood.		II*
All Saints Church	Bolton, Greater Manchester 53.5819°N -2.4271°W		1869–71			II
St John the Evangelist's Church	Lyneal, Shropshire 52.8907°N -2.837°W		1870	Built for Marian, Viscountess Alford, as a memorial for her son the second Earl Brownlow.		II*
St Mary's Church	Purley on Thames, Berkshire 51.4795°N -1.0404°W		1870			II*
Holy Trinity Church	Thurgoland, South Yorkshire 53.5059°N -1.5663°W		1870			II
Christ Church	Barnston, Merseyside 53.3409°N -3.0821°W		1870–71			II
St Andrew's Waterside Chapel	Gravesend, Kent 51.4447°N 0.3716°W		1870–71	Built as a mission for seamen. Later used as an arts centre.		II
St Mary on the Rock's Episcopal Church	Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 57.3617°N -2.0716°W		1870–71			A
St John the Evangelist's Episcopal Church	New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 57.5931°N -2.1975°W		1870–71			A
St John the Divine's Church	Kennington, Greater London 51.4776°N -0.1062°W		1870–74	The tower and spire were added by his son A. E. Street in 1888–89.		I
St Mary's Church	Fimber, East Yorkshire 54.0339°N -0.6361°W		1871	For Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet of Sledmere.		II
St James' Church	West Malvern, Worcestershire 52.1128°N -2.347°W		1871	Rebuilding of a previous church.		II
All Saints Church (former)	Darlaston, West Midlands 52.5694°N -2.0261°W		1871–72	All Saints was destroyed by enemy action in July 1942, the only church in the diocese of Lichfield to be so destroyed. It was replaced by a new church on the same site in 1951–52.^[4]
St Mary's Church	Towyn, Conwy, Wales 53.3018°N -3.5419°W		1872–73	New church. Street also designed the stained glass in one of the windows, and altar frontals.		II*
St John the Baptist's Church	Bettisfield, Wrexham, Wales 52.9189°N -2.8026°W		1872–74	New church. Street also designed the lychgate.		II*
St John the Baptist's Church	Withington, Shropshire 52.7128°N -2.6278°W		1872–74	A new church on the site of a 12th-century church.		II
St Peter's Church	Helperthorpe, North Yorkshire 54.1207°N -0.5437°W		1872–75	For Sir Tatton Sykes. Later additions by other architects. The churchyard wall and gates were also designed by Street, and are listed at Grade II.		II
St Peter's Church	Highfields, Leicester 52.63°N -1.1164°W		1872–79			II
St John the Evangelist's Church	Ashley Green, Buckinghamshire 51.7371°N -0.5873°W		1873			II*
St John the Baptist's Church	Bournemouth, Dorset 50.7499°N -1.878°W		1873–74	The nave, south aisle and tower base were built by Street. Additions were made in 1886–87, and in 1923.		II
St Peter's Church	Little Aston, Staffordshire 52.6011°N -1.8654°W		1873–74	A chapel of ease for Edward Swynfen Parker-Jervis of Little Aston Hall. Fittings, including the reredos, pulpit, stalls, seats, organ case, and font, were also designed by Street.		II
All Saints Church	Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 54.5742°N -1.2368°W		1873–78			II*
St Andrew's Church	Toddington, Gloucestershire 51.9962°N -1.9505°W		1873–79	For Lord Sudeley.		I
St James' Church	Kingston, Dorset 50.6157°N -2.0642°W		1873–80	For the 3rd Earl of Eldon at a cost of £70,000 . Clifton-Taylor describes it as "the most perfect Victorian church", and "a cathedral in miniature".		I
St John's Church	Cotebrook, Cheshire 53.1855°N -2.643°W		1874–75			II
St Mary's Church	West Lutton, North Yorkshire 54.1105°N -0.578°W		1874–75	For Sir Tatton Sykes.		II*
Chapel	Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire 51.8546°N -0.3977°W		1875	Chapel added in Byzantine style.		I
St Michael's Church	Wigan, Greater Manchester 53.554°N -2.6299°W		1875–78			II*
Royal Military Chapel	Wellington Barracks, City of Westminster, Greater London 51.5004°N -0.1354°W		1875–79	Built as a replacement for an earlier chapel. Other than the apse, it was destroyed in 1944.		II
St Andrew's Church	East Heslerton, North Yorkshire 54.1773°N -0.5826°W		1877	A new church for Sir Tatton Sykes of Sledmere House on the site of earlier churches. It is now redundant, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.		I
Christ Church	Lausanne, Switzerland 46.5143°N 6.6305°W		1877-78	New church.^[5]		II
St Andrew's Church	Minehead, Somerset 51.2051°N -3.4789°W		1877–80	The walls, gates and gatepiers were also designed by Street, and are listed at Grade II.		II*
St Giles' Church	Blaston, Leicestershire 52.5509°N -0.8176°W		1878			II
Anglican Church	Mürren, Switzerland 46.5667°N 7.8833°W		1878
St Mary's Church	Southampton, Hampshire 50.9028°N -1.3952°W		1878–84	Severely damaged in the Second World War; rebuilt in 1954–56 retaining Street's steeple.		II
St John's Church	Carlton, South Yorkshire 53.5867°N -1.4483°W		1879			II
St Mary's Church	Holmbury St Mary, Surrey 51.1883°N -0.4132°W		1879	Extended to the west in 1966.		I
St Lawrence's Church	Tinsley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire 53.4111°N -1.3932°W		1879			II
Rake Mission Church	Rake, West Sussex 51.0422°N -0.8587°W		1879	Built as a chapel of ease to the contemporary church at Milland. Deconsecrated and converted for residential use.^[6]
St Luke's Church	Milland, West Sussex 51.0477°N -0.8244°W		1879–80			II
St Saviour's Church	Erlestoke, Wiltshire 51.2845°N -2.0516°W		1880	For Lady Hannah Watson-Taylor of Erlestoke Park.		II
St Mary's Church	Long Ditton, Surrey 51.3805°N -0.3169°W		1880			II
All Saints Church	Vevey, Switzerland 46.6°N 6.85°W		1880–1882	New church^[7]
St James' Church	Paddington, Westminster, Greater London 51.513°N -0.1765°W		1881	New church incorporating the chancel of an 1841–43 church as a chapel.		II*
All Saints Church	Ffynnongroyw, Flintshire, Wales 53.33°N -3.2975°W		1881–82	New church, completed posthumously. Street also designed the font.		II
All Saints Church	Rome, Italy 41.9085°N 12.479°W		1882	New church, completed posthumously.^[8]
American Cathedral in Paris	Paris, France 48.8671°N 2.3004°W		1881-1886	New church, completed posthumously.

See also

• List of church restorations and alterations by G. E. Street
• List of domestic buildings by G. E. Street
• List of miscellaneous works by G. E. Street

Notes

There is disagreement about the attribution to G. E. Street; the architect may have been the unrelated W. C. Street.

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Church Interiors of George Edmund Street in the Diocese of Oxford: An Assessment of Significance Research Report 59/2018. Peats. Richard. research.historicengland.org.uk. 2020-04-29.
2. Georg Germann, «George Edmund Street et la Suisse», Revue suisse d'art et d'archéologie 1972/2-3, pp. 118-130.
3. Web site: Cof Cymru – National Historic Assets of Wales – Full Report for Listed Buildings – Church of St Elldeyrn at Capel Llanilltern. Cadw – Cof Cymru.
4. Web site: Parker . Bev . A Brief History of Darlaston: Churches and Chapels . Wolverhampton History and Heritage Website . 1 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090908081653/http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Darlaston/ChurchesChapels.htm . 8 September 2009 .
5. Web site: Church history | Christ Church, Lausanne. christchurch-lausanne.ch. 9 October 2015.
6. Book: A History of the County of Sussex . 4 – The Rape of Chichester. Trotton . Salzman . LF . 1953 . . . 32–39 . 31 March 2012.
7. [:fr:Église anglaise de Vevey/Wikipedia|fr Church in Vevey]
8. Web site: All Saints Rome . allsaintsrome.org . 9 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120108032502/http://www.allsaintsrome.org/MrStreet.html . 8 January 2012 .