royal garisson church portsmouth england
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royal garisson church portsmouth england |
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| navigate by keyword : building monastery church chapel ruins estate landmark architecture synagogue arch royal garisson port portsmouth england founded 1210 hospital shelter relief poor travellers 1540 armoury military storehouse defences 17th century restored 1860s 1941 incendiary bombs destroyed nave roof graceful shell chancel remains consecrated magnificent 20th stained glass history |
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| The Garrison Church was founded in about 1210â14 as a hospital to provide shelter and relief for the poor, and for travellers to stay. When the hospital closed in 1540, the building was adapted as an armoury and military storehouse as part of Portsmouthâs defences. Sometime in the 17th century the building became a chapel for Portsmouthâs garrison.The eminent architect George Edmund Street restored the church in the 1860s, but in 1941 incendiary bombs destroyed the nave roof. The nave survives as a graceful shell, but the chancel remains a consecrated space, with magnificent 20th-century stained glass that relates the churchâs history. |
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