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St. James's Street, BRIGHTON, BN2 1PR

At the junction of Upper Rock Gardens. Taken from the junction with Lower Rock Gardens.

Church website: https://www.stmaryschurchbrighton.org.uk/

Curiously enough on St. James's Street, to the right.

Grade II listed. https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101380884-church-of-st-mary-the-virgin-queens-park-ward

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/

The apsidal sanctuary and liturgical north (geographically east) transept of Image seen from a side passage. As Nicholas Antram and Richard Morrice note in their Pevsner city guide "its red brick exterior with sandstone dressings is difficult to appreciate in its begrimed state and scruffy environs". 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/

Head south out of Park Street across Eastern Road then take a footpath to Hereford Street. Originally developed between 1809-21 this area was also cleared of slums between 1926-28 and rebuilt during the 1930s before being halted by the war then recommencing from the late 1950s as can be seen by the mixture of styles evident in this pcture. This page is the last of the tour of TQ3104.

Grade II* listed. https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101380884-church-of-st-mary-the-virgin-queens-park-ward

The road originally ran from Upper St James's Street to Eastern Road but since the 1960s now ends at the junction with Hereford Street. Originally developed in the 1810s the area soon became a notorious slum and began to be cleared in the late 1920s but was not completed until the 1960s. The former high density terraced housing was replaced with flats and five high rises, two of which, Wiltshire House and Hereford Court, are in view.