Tunbridge Wells: St Mark (Broadwater Down)

Name:
Tunbridge Wells: St Mark (Broadwater Down)
Record Type:
Church
Church code:
631283
Diocese:
Rochester
Archdeaconry:
Tonbridge
Parish:
Tunbridge Wells, St. Mark (broadwater Down)

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II* Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is in the following Conservation Area: Tunbridge Wells

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Victorian/Pre-WWI

Exterior Image

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Summary Description

St Mark’s Church was designed and built between 1864 and 1866 at the expense of the Earl of Abergavenny to the designs of the architect R L Roumieu. The build of the church coincided with the development of the Broadwater Down area, where large individual houses were built. The initial church consisted of a North-Western Tower with Porch under, Nave with Aisles, Western Baptistery, Chancel with three sided Apse, Vestry, Organ Chamber, North and South Transepts, and a Choir Vestry. The Baptistery was added in 1903, and church hall accommodation was appended to the south in 1968 to the designs of the architect J J Aylward. The church sits in the middle of its rectangular church yard, observing the same building lines as its residential neighbours. The church yard is demarcated by low sandstone wall with gates at the south east and north west. The main elevation of the church is to the north, facing a road called Broadwater Down.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is open for worship.
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Church Website

Church Website:
https://www.stmarkschurch.org.uk

Sources and Further Information

Church of England (2021) A Church Near You https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/16974/ [Digital Archive/Index]
View information on worship and access at this church
Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 1 Bell [Archive/Index]
1 Bell