Our Most Holy Redeemer Explained

Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell
Fullname:Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer
Osgraw:TQ 31264 82428
Location:Clerkenwell, Islington, London
Country:England
Denomination:Church of England
Churchmanship:Traditional Catholic
Dedication:Christ the Redeemer
Status:Active
Functional Status:Parish church
Heritage Designation:Grade II* listed
Designated Date:29 December 1950
Architect:John Dando Sedding
Style:Italianate
Completed Date:1888
Deanery:Islington
Archdeaconry:Hackney
Episcopalarea:Stepney
Diocese:London
Province:Canterbury
Bishop:The Rt Revd Jonathan Baker (AEO)
Vicar:Fr Christopher Trundle SSC
Asstcurate:Fr Aidan Bartlett SSC

Our Most Holy Redeemer is a late 19th-century church in Clerkenwell, London, England, by the architect John Dando Sedding. It is an Anglo-Catholic church in the Diocese of London of the Church of England.[1] It is at the junction of Exmouth Market and Rosebery Avenue in the London Borough of Islington. The church with attached clergy house, campanile, and parish hall is a Grade II*-listed building.[2]

History

This Italianate church was built in 1888 to the designs of J. D. Sedding, and completed, after his death, by his assistant Henry Wilson, 1892–95. The church, which was built in the grounds of the former Spa Fields Chapel, originally comprised just the building on the left in the illustration, the campanile tower and clergy house on the right being added in 1906. The inscription on the cornice of the original structure reads Christo Liberatori translated as 'To Christ The Redeemer'.

The interior of the church, including the baldacchino, was modelled upon Brunelleschi's Santo Spirito, Florence. Sculptural carving to the interior is by F. W. Pomeroy.

Present day

The Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer is within the Traditional Catholic tradition of the Church of England and receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Fulham (currently Jonathan Baker).[3]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell . The Church of England . 13 April 2013.
  2. "This church is of outstanding importance as an example of the late C19 reaction against High Victorian Gothic. Sedding accomplished this by using the pure Italian Renaissance style. In doing so, he not only created a 'monument to the Aestheticism of the late Victorian Anglo-Catholics', but made the church look Roman Catholic. Wilson's work to the church is particularly fine; and his interesting subsidiary buildings (parish-hall, clergy-house, and especially the campanile) flanking the front facade are extremely clever and idiosyncratic. This complex was built in the heart of a significant Italian community. These buildings form a remarkable group."
  3. Web site: Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell. bishopoffulham.org.uk. The See of Fulham. 29 November 2016.