Felixstowe St Andrew?s church

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 5 Nov 2007

This modern church has been described as many things. To me it has little appeal. Plans for a church here were mooted in 1898. The land was given by Captain Pretyman and in 1907 a temporary timber and corrugated iron structure was built. It was, however, more attractive than today’s concrete edifice. The design for the present church can be attributed to Hilda Mason who worked with H. Munro Cautley. Some of the traditional aspects of church building can be seen in the design, such as the clerestory and the basic Perpendicular style. It was completed in 1931 but lacks the tower that it was originally designed to have. My opinion is that it would have improved the appearance and made it look more like a church and less like a multi-storey car park. Just as well it is hidden by trees.

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