Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
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St Marks Church on Mount Pleasant Road was constructed in 1878/1879[1] and opened on the 15th of April 1879[2], reportedly on the rhubarb patch of Mount Pleasant House[3]. Built with a capacity of 500 parishioners, it was severely damaged by nearby bomb explosions during World War 2 and although repairs were undertaken by the War Damage Commission, the church subsequently needed almost continual repair. As a result of this, a decision was taken to have the existing buildings demolished during 1970[1] and a new block of flats was developed on the site. Conditional with the planning of the new flats, a smaller sanctuary, seating 80, and two halls each with kitchen and toilet facilities would be built below the flats, becoming St Mark’s United Reformed Church.[1] The church is now accessed via Hughenden Place
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Mount Pleasant Road 1905
St Marks Church interior 1913
Mount Pleasant Church c1914
Bomb Damage Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
References & Notes
- ↑ a b c St Mark's History
- ↑ British Newspaper Archive Hastings & St. Leonards Observer 27 April 1940 Pg. 0006
- ↑ British Newspaper Archive Hastings & St. Leonards Observer 6 July 1878 Pg. 0006
