St Andrew the Apostle Church | |
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Church of St Andrew the Apostle | |
50°48′55″N 0°22′39″W / 50.8153°N 0.3774°W | |
Location | Victoria Road/Clifton Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 1XB |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Churchmanship | High church/Anglo-Catholic |
Website | www.standrewsworthing.org.uk |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1882 |
Founder(s) | George Wedd |
Dedication | Andrew the Apostle |
Consecrated | 1888 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 21 May 1976 |
Architect(s) | Arthur Blomfield |
Style | Early English |
Groundbreaking | 1885 |
Completed | 1886 |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Chichester |
Archdeaconry | Chichester |
Deanery | Rural Deanery of Worthing |
Parish | Worthing, St Andrew |
Clergy | |
Priest(s) | Fr John Eldridge |
St Andrew the Apostle (in full, the Church of St Andrew the Apostle) is an Anglican church in Worthing, West Sussex, England. Built between 1885 and 1886 in the Early English Gothic style by Sir Arthur Blomfield, "one of the last great Gothic revivalists",[1] the church was embroiled in controversy as soon as it was founded. During a period of religious unrest in the town, theological tensions within Anglicanism between High church Anglo-Catholics and Low church Anglicans were inflamed by what the latter group saw as the church's "idolatrous" Roman Catholic-style fittings—in particular, a statue of the Virgin Mary which was seized upon by opponents as an example of a reversion to Catholic-style worship in the Church of England. The "Worthing Madonna" dispute[2] delayed the consecration of the church by several years. English Heritage has listed the building at Grade C for its architectural and historical importance, and the adjacent vestry and vicarage are listed separately at Grade II.