Bournemouth (Former church of St. Mary, Springbourne)

Former St. Mary's Church, Holdenhurst Road, Springbourne, Bournemouth (March 2011)

Designed by Sir Charles Nicholson, 1926-34. Described by English Heritage's Images of England Website as "Red brick in English bond with stone window dressings. Clay plain tile roofs with brick tumbling in the gable ends." Now redundant, the building is currently run as a community centre by the Bourne Spring Trust.

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. 13.
• Pevsner, N. and Lloyd, D., The buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1967, p. 124.

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Maintained by Michael Day, Last updated: 29 March 2011.