Church Of The Annunciation

Church of the Annunciation is an Anglican church built in Brighton. The original section, comprising the chancel and nave, was constructed in 1864 by the Reverend Arthur Wagner as a mission church, designed by William Dancy. The church underwent partial rebuilding in 1881, with designs by Edmund Scott, who added the ritual north and south aisles and the ritual south-west chapel. A tower and spire were added in 1892, designed by FT Cawthorn. The building is primarily constructed of flint, with brick and stone dressings, and a tile roof.

The main frontage is on Washington Street, the ritual west end of the church. It features a ritual west window to the nave, built of stone and containing three lights with trefoils and mouchettes in the tracery. The ritual south aisle has a pointed-arched entrance with two lancet windows above. The tower, a square plan, has a segmental-arched entrance divided into stages by bands of brickwork and stone offsets. It features shoulder-arched belfry windows and a steep roof with gabled lucarnes.

The ritual east end, facing Coleman Street, is elevated above three large basement halls; the central hall, situated beneath the nave, has a ceiling supported by cast-iron columns. The basement is lit by segmental windows arranged in a rhythm of 2-3-2. A two-story porch is located on the ritual south side, with a rebuilt ground floor. The eastern window consists of three stepped lancets built of stone. The ritual north aisle window has two brick lancets, while the ritual south window has three, with a circular window in the gable.

The interior is a simple timber structure, with square-cut timber posts, beams, and braces. The roof of the ritual south aisle features queen posts, while the nave and ritual north aisle have king posts adapted to crosses, a motif repeated in the braces. The chancel has two bays and the nave has four, all under a single roof. Neo-Jacobean screens separate the two ritual eastern bays of the aisles, and these also run between the aisles and the chancel. These screens, along with the decoration of the chancel ceiling, the neo-Baroque reredos, and the canopy over the high altar, were designed by Martin Travers around 1930. The ritual east window, now partially obscured by the reredos, is a work by Morris and Company, with designs by Burne-Jones, dating from 1866. The ritual west window, from 1853, was originally in St Nicholas' church and was moved to this location in 1892.