St Andrew's Church, Worthing
| St Andrew's Church | |
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| Church of St Andrew the Apostle | |
The church from the southeast
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| 50°48′55″N 0°22′39″W / 50.8153°N 0.3774°WCoordinates: 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 | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Churchmanship | High church/Anglo-Catholic |
| Website | www.standrewsworthing.org.uk |
| History | |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Founder(s) | George Wedd |
| Dedication | Andrew the Apostle |
| Consecrated | 1888 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade C |
| Designated | 21 May 1976 |
| Architect(s) | Arthur Blomfield |
| Style | Early English |
| Groundbreaking | 1885 |
| Completed | 1886 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Worthing, St Andrew |
| Deanery | Rural Deanery of Worthing |
| Archdeaconry | Chichester |
| Diocese | Chichester |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Priest(s) | Fr Colin Kassell |
St Andrew's Church (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", 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 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.
Worthing experienced fitful but often rapid growth throughout the 19th century after it became established as a town and seaside resort at the start of the 19th century. Between 1801, two years before an Act of Parliament gave it the status of a town, and 1881, the population increased from about 2,000 to 14,000. The era coincided with a revival in Anglican Christian worship: this was especially marked in Brighton, Worthing's larger and more illustrious rival resort further along the Sussex coast, whose vicar Arthur Wagner funded and built many churches across the town.
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