Cotham Church
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Cotham Church is in Cotham, Bristol
, England
.
It was originally built, in 1842-43 by William Butterfield
in a Gothic Revival style, as Highbury Congregational chapel. It was
Butterfield's first commission, obtained through his family connection with William Day Wills of W. D. & H. O. Wills the tobacco industrialists.
The apse
, tower, south transept and school were added in 1863 by Edward William Godwin
.
The large stone low in the enclosing wall along Cotham Road is part of Bewell's Cross
, which marked the boundary of the city until the nineteenth century.
Since 1975 it has been an Anglican church.
It has been designated by English Heritage
as a grade II* listed building.
Cotham, Bristol
Cotham is the name of both a council ward of the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom, and a suburb of the city that falls within that ward. The ward comprises the Cotham suburb, and a small portion of Redland, which is another Bristol suburb.-Cotham:...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
It was originally built, in 1842-43 by William Butterfield
William Butterfield
William Butterfield was a Gothic Revival architect and associated with the Oxford Movement . He is noted for his use of polychromy-Biography:...
in a Gothic Revival style, as Highbury Congregational chapel. It was
Butterfield's first commission, obtained through his family connection with William Day Wills of W. D. & H. O. Wills the tobacco industrialists.
The apse
Apse
In architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome...
, tower, south transept and school were added in 1863 by Edward William Godwin
Edward William Godwin
Edward William Godwin was a progressive English architect-designer, who began his career working in the strongly polychromatic "Ruskinian Gothic" style of mid-Victorian Britain, inspired by The Stones of Venice, then moved on to provide designs in the "Anglo-Japanese taste" of the Aesthetic...
.
The large stone low in the enclosing wall along Cotham Road is part of Bewell's Cross
Bewell's Cross
Bewell's Cross is a lost monument which marked the boundary of the county of Bristol when this was created in 1373. It stood in the Gallows Field at the top of St Michael's Hill, the former principal road from Bristol to Wales via the Severn ferry at Aust...
, which marked the boundary of the city until the nineteenth century.
Since 1975 it has been an Anglican church.
It has been designated by English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
as a grade II* listed building.
See also
- History and Photos on ChurchCrawler
- Churches in BristolChurches in BristolThe English city of Bristol has a number of churches.The churches listed are Anglican except when otherwise noted.- External links :*...
- Grade II* listed buildings in Bristol