St Mary's Church, Rock Gardens

Image: © Tiger Taken: 21 Jan 2020

This is the side elevation of the building to the street called Upper Rock Gardens, geographically the west face but liturgically the south aisle and transept. The full dedication of the church is St Mary & St James. It was completed in 1879 to replace an earlier building, to the design of Sir William Emerson, the only English church by an architect who practised mainly in India - in the same year he was working on the cathedral of All Saints at Allahabad (Prayagraj) in Uttar Pradesh. The style has been described as a blend of Early English and Early French Gothic; note the cross gables to the aisle. Inside, the crossing, apse and shallow transepts are all vaulted. A planned tower and spire at the liturgical south-west angle, the corner of St James's Street, were never completed. St Mary's is listed Grade II* https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101380884-church-of-st-mary-the-virgin-queens-park-ward Brighton & Hove Churches https://sussexparishchurches.org/church/brighton-and-hove-st-mary-st-jamess-street/

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