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St Saviour's is a church on the seafront of Walmer, Kent, United Kingdom.
St Saviour's Church Walmer - postcard.jpg, Steeple with open bellchamber, before World War I
St Saviours Church Walmer (2b).jpg, Steeple with enclosed bell chamber, 1920s
Church behind Walmer Lifeboat Station.jpg, St Saviour's (left) with no steeple, 1940s
When the Walmer Lifeboat House was built opposite it around 23 years later, it was built in a similar Neo-Gothic style.
WalmerParishChurches.org
Churches completed in 1848 19th-century Church of England church buildings Religious organizations established in 1848 Church of England church buildings in Kent 1848 establishments in England {{england-church-stub
St Saviour's is a church on the seafront of Walmer, Kent, United Kingdom.
History
The foundation stone of St Saviour's, Walmer, was laid on 15 August 1848 by Mrs J.T. Bridges. "A vast concourse of people assembled, which, together with the large attendance of carriages, and the brilliancy of the summer's sun, made it quite a gay day. The church was consecrated on 2 July 1849 by theArchbishop of Canterbury
The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
who received luncheon on arrival. However at 5 o'clock at the Naval Hospital, between four and five hundred of the local poor were fed with roast beef and plum pudding, and entertained by a German brass band. The local benefactor J.T. Bridges paid for the feast for the poor, and he had paid for much of the cost of the church building. At this meal for the poor:The Archbishop, with his usual condescension, most kindly consented to be present on this festive occasion, and added not a little to the interest which generally obtained, by saying grace at the different tables, and by addressing some most kind and appropriate observations to the parties assembled, which, we trust, will be long remembered ... On leaving the hospital, the Archbishop was loudly cheered by the assembled guests, who seemed deeply impressed by his kind counsels.The building was designed by I. Johnson FSA of Adelphi, and constructed by William Denne. 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
A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently.
Often a chapel of ea ...
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).
See also
*St. George's Episcopal Memorial Church
St. George's Episcopal Memorial Church, a historic Episcopal church in Bismarck, North Dakota's capital, is unique for its construction incorporating stained glass from English churches bombed in World War II into its own stained-glass windows ...
, 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.
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WalmerParishChurches.org
Churches completed in 1848 19th-century Church of England church buildings Religious organizations established in 1848 Church of England church buildings in Kent 1848 establishments in England {{england-church-stub