This church was erected in 1877-1879, at a cost of £20,000, on the site of a former ecclesiastical building. This was St Mary’s Chapel, a much smaller edifice that dated from 1827. This photograph, showing a strangely quiet St James’s Street, was taken in the early 1880s.
Image Reference: JG_22_028.tif
Date: 1880s
Image Details: Copy
Size of Original: 203x155
Place: Brighton
Additional Information: Architect: William Emerson; architect of previous chapel on the site, which collapsed, A.H.Wilds.
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