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St John the Evangelist's Church is an Anglican church in the Preston Village area of Brighton, in the English city of Brighton and Hove. The Grade II listed building, designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield, was started in 1901 but did not take its present form for another quarter of a century. In the meantime, the nearby parish church of Preston was severely damaged by fire, and the new church was granted the parish church status which it still retains. ==History== The village of Preston was established on a downland site north-northwest of Brighton before the time of the Domesday Book. St Peter's Church was its original parish church. No trace remains of the building mentioned in the Domesday Book: it was rebuilt in about 1260 in flint with a chancel, nave and tower. The village, based around a crossroads and a manor house, Preston Manor, became part of the Borough of Brighton in 31 October 1873.〔 The Stanford family, who owned most of the land in the area, sold it for residential development in the mid-1860s.〔 Rapid growth ensued, and the old church became inadequate for the increasing population. In 1899, the new vicar proposed extending the church, but the church council and local people felt that altering the ancient building would be inappropriate. Instead, the decision was taken to build a new church on land occupied by the garden of the vicarage.〔 Work began quickly: the site, at the junction of Preston Road and Knoyle Road, was prepared in the summer of 1901, and the Bishop of Chichester Ernest Roland Wilberforce laid the foundation stone on 16 October 1901. Sir Arthur Blomfield designed the church, and the Crawley-based building firm of James Longley built it.〔 Construction work continued into the next year; the church officially opened after it was dedicated on 26 October 1902.〔 At the time, St Peter's Church still held its ancient status as the parish church of Preston. However, after it was devastated by a serious fire on 23 June 1906, the church authorities decided to transfer parish church status to St John the Evangelist's Church. This was completed at the end of 1908.〔 A temporary church hall made of iron existed until 1913, when a permanent hall was completed.〔 In 1927, a parishioner donated money for another hall to be built next to it. The previous year, the church itself had been extended with the addition of a chancel.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St John the Evangelist's Church, Preston Village」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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