Main entry:

Hyde, Matthew, author.

Title & Author:

Britain's lost churches : the forgotten holy sites of Britain's Christian past / Matthew Hyde.

Publication:

London : Aurum Press Ltd, 2015.

Description:

191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Prologue -- Introduction -- A royal progress, 1278 -- 1. A total loss -- St Alban Cheetwood, Manchester -- 2. Abolished -- Glastonbury Abbey -- Cockersand Abbey -- Calder Abbey and Seaton Nunnery -- Syon -- 3. Lost and found -- The Royal Chapel of St Stephen's, Westminster -- Bradford on Avon -- Eynhallow, Orkney -- Chapel Barn, Bures, Suffolk -- 4. Drowned, swept away, buried alive -- Mardale, Derwent, Normanton and Melverley -- The legendary city of Dunwich -- Covehithe -- Reculver -- Perranzabuloe, or St Piran's in the Sands -- St Enodoc -- 5. High romance and hidden meanings -- The Castle Oratory at Brougham -- Knowlton church and henge -- Rosslyn chapel -- 6. (Re)moved -- Alsager to Hassall Green, Cheshire -- Ramsbottom to Whalley Range -- Saving St Teilo's -- Lombard Street, City of London and Chertsey Road, Twickenham -- 7. Lost cathedrals -- The vanishing cathedral of Elmham -- Elgin, the Lanthorn of the North -- Paul's -- Llandaff : the lost temple -- Uncompleted business : the Episcopal cathedral of St John the Divine, Oban -- 8. Chapels -- The Wayside Chapel -- In town : early chapels in Frome -- Salem, Ebenezer, Bethesda -- Dissenting cathedrals : Heckmondwike and Cleckheaton -- 9. Blitzed -- Coventry -- London, 29 December 1940 -- Off-target : Chilvers Coton -- St Ethelburga Bishopsgate, 24 April 1993 -- 10. Hubris -- St Michael the Archangel, Booton, Norfolk -- Catholic Apostolic Church, Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London -- St John, Macclesfield -- Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Winefride, Amlwch -- St Peter's College, Cardross, Argyll.

Summary:

Neglected to the elements, renovated for commercial use or demolished completely, many of Britain's beautiful churches have vanished, leaving no trace except photographs or illustrations to mark their existence. Architectural commentator Matthew Hyde travels the length and breadth of the country to seek out and tell the stories of these wonderful buildings, from churches that defy the elements in Orkney to abbeys destroyed in Henry VIII's dissolution programme and the cathedrals that suffered the terrible effects of the Blitz in World War Two. Their architectural heritage and social importance are remembered. Complete with archive photography and illustrations mirroring their glorious past, to personal photography from the author of how many look today, shrouded in undergrowth, left as ruins, and some completely gone forever. It is an emotional and poignant tribute to the many buildings that were at one time, the house of God.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9781781311219 (hardback) (hardcover)
1781311218 (hardback) (hardcover)

Subject:

Church architecture England.
Protestant church buildings England.
Catholic church buildings England.
Architecture chrétienne Angleterre.
Églises protestantes (Édifices) Angleterre.
Églises catholiques Angleterre.
Catholic church buildings.
Church architecture.
Protestant church buildings.
Kirchenbau
Verlorene Architektur
England.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292960
Call No.: BIB 237537
Status: Available