St Richard's Church | |
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51°00′22″N 0°06′05″W / 51.0062°N 0.1015°W | |
Location | Sydney Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1EB |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | September 1937 |
Founder(s) | Reverend Thomas G. Wyatt |
Dedication | Richard of Chichester |
Consecrated | 1938 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II listed |
Designated | 4 October 2000 |
Architect(s) | L. Keir Hett |
Style | Art Deco/Scandinavian |
Groundbreaking | 18 July 1937 |
Completed | 1942 |
Construction cost | £7,000 (£565,000 in 2024)[1] |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Chichester |
Archdeaconry | Horsham |
Deanery | Rural Deanery of Cuckfield |
Parish | Haywards Heath, Saint Richard |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Fr David King SSC |
Deacon(s) | The Revd Canon Rebecca Swyer |
St Richard's Church is an Anglican church in the town of Haywards Heath in the district of Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. The present reinforced concrete and brick structure replaced a temporary building which was a daughter church to Haywards Heath's parish church, St Wilfrid's; the new church soon became parished in its own right to reflect the rapid population growth in the northern part of the town. English Heritage has listed the 1930s building at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance.
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