Bournemouth (St. Francis, Charminster Road)

St. Francis's Church, Bournemouth

St. Francis's Church, Charminster Road, Bournemouth

Built 1929-30; designed by J. Harold Gibbons. Rendered outside, with what Pevsner and Lloyd describe as a "rather German NW tower," but roughcast inside.

Sources:

Betjeman, J., Sir John Betjeman's guide to English parish churches, revised and updated by Nigel Kerr. London: HarperCollins, 1993, p. 240.
Dorset Historic Churches Trust, Dorset Churches. [Dorchester]: DHCT, 1988, p. 12.
Pevsner, N. and Lloyd, D., The buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1967, p. 123.

St. Francis's Church, Bournemouth

St. Francis's Church, Charminster Road, Bournemouth

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