St Saviour's, Walmer
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St Saviour's is a church on the seafront of Walmer, Kent, United Kingdom.
History
The building was designed by I. Johnson FSA of Adelphi,[1] and constructed by William Denne.[2][3] It is dedicated to no saint, but to the Holy Saviour (i.e. to Christ directly). It was built in 1848, in the Neo-Gothic architectural style, as a chapel of ease for the town's boatmen (who, in the days of sail, took supplies out to vessels in the Downs) and to take the pressure off Old St Mary's (previously the parish's only church).[4]
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Steeple with open bellchamber, before World War I
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Steeple with enclosed bell chamber, 1920s
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St Saviour's (left) with no steeple, 1940s
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When the Walmer Lifeboat House was built opposite it around 23 years later, it was built in a similar Neo-Gothic style.[5][3]
See also
- St. George's Episcopal Memorial Church, a church in the US with a stained glass window containing shards of glass collected from this church when it was damaged in World War II.
Notes
References
- ↑ Vigar, John E. (2021). "St Saviour Walmer". kentchurches.info. John E. Vigar's Kent Churches. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ↑ "The laying of the foundation stone of Walmer New Church". Kentish Gazette. British Newspaper Archive. 22 August 1848. p. 1 col.5. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "St Saviour's". familiesofdealandwalmer.co.uk/. Families & History of Deal and Walmer. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ↑ "St Saviour's". walmerparishchurches.org. Walmer Parish Churches. 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ↑ "Walmer Lifeboat Station". walmerweb.co.uk. Walmer Web. 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
External links
File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to St Saviour's Church, Walmer at Wikimedia Commons
