Highfield Church

Highfield Church
Highfield Church
Christ Church, Portswood
	Caen Stone mouldings
Administration
Diocese	Winchester
Parish	Highfield
Clergy
Priest in charge	Mike Archer
Curate(s)	Erica Roberts

Highfield Church is a

Anglican Church in the Diocese of Winchester

.

History

Early history

The

Charles Sumner, the Bishop of Winchester. The first Minister was the Reverend Philip Raulin Robin. The legal name of the church is Christ Church, Portswood

but it became commonly known as Highfield Church in 1883.

First World War (1914–1918) quite a number of the men from the parish went to the battlefields. Within the parish boundaries about 100 acres (0.40 km²) of land were being developed for housing so a western extension was built to accommodate the extra congregation. A First World War memorial

was erected near the south door in 1921.

During the

rubber

solution to lessen the danger of splintering glass.

The neighbouring church of St Barnabas was destroyed in 1940 and the two churches were temporarily merged until the rebuilding of the church at St Barnabas in 1957.

In 1941 there was an air raid where

incendiary bombs fell near to the church. There was no serious structural damage to the church but windows in both the east and west ends of the church were shattered and the caretaker's quarters were destroyed. Despite the roof requiring 7000 new tiles, the morning matins went ahead. The church replaced those eastern windows that were destroyed in the Blitz

and these were the church's memorial to those who died in the Second World War.

Later history

The church celebrated its

services

by two previous vicars.

Windows on the East side of the church building destroyed during World War Two were replaced in 1952.

The church's building had grade II listed building status by 1969.^[1]

Architecture

The church originally had a

Caen Stone

and the painted glass windows were created by Nixon and Ward.

The church has been built onto and altered many times since it was first built.

In 1852 a
parsonage
was added and used as a vicarage,
In 1855 the north aisle was added,
In 1863 gas lighting was installed (candles had been used in the church before this time),
In 1869 the chancel was rebuilt, the spire restored, and the windows raised,
In 1885 gas regulators and burners were installed throughout the church,
In 1915 the western extension was built,
In 1921 a First World War memorial was erected near the south door,
In 1955 a west
Sir Sidney Kimber
and his son.
In 2011, the pews were replaced with soft seating and the building renovated and updated

Area

Highfield Church is at the junction of Highfield Lane and Church Lane in the Highfield area of Southampton. Next to the church is the Church Centre, which is used by the church and the community for events, for example, adult education classes. Adjacent to the church is the main Highfield campus of the University of Southampton. The Highfield Church of England School building stands next to Highfield Church.

References

^ Highfield Church, Southampton: A brief history of the Church and parish Accessed 4 April 2007.

External links

[1] Highfield Church, Southampton: A brief history of the Church and parish Accessed 4 April 2007.

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