Christ Church, East Sheen

Christ Church, East Sheen
51°27′37.0″N 0°16′30.4″W / 51.460278°N 0.275111°WCoordinates: 51°27′37.0″N 0°16′30.4″W / 51.460278°N 0.275111°W
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Website	www.christchurcheastsheen.org.uk
History
Consecrated	13 January 1864
Specifications
Materials	stone
Administration
Parish	Mortlake with East Sheen
Deanery	Richmond & Barnes
Archdeaconry	Wandsworth
Diocese	Southwark
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Christopher Chessun
Vicar(s)	Rev David Guest
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	Paul Russenberger; Brenda Morris

Christ Church, East Sheen is a Church of England church on Christ Church Road, East Sheen, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its vicar is Rev David Guest.^[1] Sunday services are held at 8am, 9:45am and 11:30am. Evensong is held at 5pm in winter and 6.30pm in summer.^[2]

Church entrance

An early work of the architect Arthur Blomfield,^[3] the church building, which is in stone, was erected between 1862 and 1864.^[4] It was built on farmland at the entrance of East Sheen Common. It was originally planned to be opened in April 1863; however, the tower collapsed shortly before completion and had to be rebuilt. The church was finally completed and consecrated nine months later, on 13 January 1864.^[5]

References

1. "Vicar". Christ Church, East Sheen. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
2. "Christ Church". Our churches. The Parish of Mortlake with East Sheen. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
3. "Blomfield, Sir Arthur" (PDF). Local architects. Barnes and Mortlake History Society. p. 2. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
4. Cherry, Bridget and Pevsner, Nicolaus (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. pp. 470–471. ISBN 0 14 0710 47 7.
5. Halfpenny Green – Postcards from Barnes and Mortlake. Barnes and Mortlake History Society. 1995. pp. 40–41. ISBN 0-948251-78-6.

External links

• Official website
• Southwark Diocese website