Bridges Memorial Spire
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Location
| Street: | Chart Way |
| Town: | Horsham |
| Parish: | Horsham |
| Council: | Horsham District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | RH12 |
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| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | In St. Marks Court |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 25 |
| Grid reference: | N9 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
| Company/Group : | Habershon and Brock |
| Role: | Builder |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Rev. A.H. Bridges |
| Construction period: | 1870 |
| Installation date: | 1870 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | A Gothic style spire atop a tower. |
| Inscription: | St Mark's Spire The Spire is 46 metres (141 feet) high. It was erected in 1870 as a memorial to Mary the only daughter of Canon A.H. Bridges. This was an addition to St. Mark's Church of the parish of Horsham, built in 1840. The Church was declared redundant in 1988. A new Church was built in North Heath Lane as a replacement by the Sun Alliance Group to serve the local community and this new St. Mark's Church was dedicated in 1990. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Religious, Free Standing, Commemorative, Architectural |
| Object type1: | Building |
| Object subtype1: | Tower |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Spire |
| Material: | None |
| Height (cm): | 4600 |
| Width (cm): | 800 |
| Depth (cm): | 800 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
| Condition 1: | Corrosion, deterioration |
| Condition 2: | Bird guano |
| More details: | General weather wearing all over the building. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 11/09/2007 |
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History
| History: | This spire is all that is left of St. Marks Church. The church was built in 1840 and consecrated in 1841.The tower and spire were added in 1870. The parish library was housed here in 1855. The rest of the church was pulled down in 1989. The building also housed two schools. The daughter of the first minister, Rev. A.H. Bridges died at the age of 18 years and he erected the tower and spire in her memory. |
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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