St Edmund, Chingford
History
St Edmund's Church was originally consecrated in January 1909 by the Bishop of St Albans as a chapel of ease for the parish church of St Peter and St Paul, Chingford, in a building now known as the Ryan Hall in Chingford Mount Road. A church hall was built in 1927.
The present church was built in 1938; the architect was Nugent Cachemaille-Day, who was a leading British exponent of Expressionist architecture. It has a nave of four bays, with two wide aisles, transepts and a short chancel. A low square tower is over the crossing. The style is described as "simplified perpendicular Gothic". The exterior is clad in knapped flint, reflecting the vernacular Essex tradition. A separate ecclesiastical parish was formed for St Edmund's in 1939. It became a Grade II listed building in 1987.
References
- ^ Historic England, "St Edmund, Chingford (1191122)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 September 2014
- ^ "110 years of a Witnessing Community". stedmund.org.uk. St Edmund’s Church. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ Powell, W. R., ed. (1973). A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6. London: Victoria County History. pp. 97–114. ISBN 978-0197227190.
- ^ Torry, Malcolm, ed. (2004). The Parish: People, Place and Ministry: a Theological and Practical Exploration. Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd. p. 104. ISBN 978-1853115868.
- ^ Cherry, Bridget; O'Brien, Charles; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2005). London 5: East. New Haven CT and London: Yale University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0300107012.
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