Before the 19th Century Tadworth village
was part of Banstead Parish; then in 1838 the new parish of
The extension of the railway line in 1900 encouraged
building in Tadworth and to serve the growing community, land was provided for
a Church, a Hall and the Vicarage by Sir Henry Cosmo Bonsor. In 1911, after building funds had been raised,
work started on the new Church designed by Charles Barry, a local architect and
great grandson of Sir Charles Barry, one of the architects of the Houses of
Parliament. The Chancel and most of the
Nave were completed in 1912 and the Church was consecrated on 27th
April that year by the Bishop of Southwark; there is an engraved stone at the
corner of the east end of the Church to commemorate this occasion. The remainder of the Nave, the Baptistry and
the south porch were completed in 1962 to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the Church. Outside the
circular west window, there is a large statue of Jesus Christ with a crown of thorns. This was designed by Hugh Powell, a
The West End c.1960
© The Francis Frith Collection, used with permission
In 1995, developers purchased the old vicarage and the land round it from the Diocese in order to build retirement flats in The Avenue. The Diocese paid for the building of the new Vicarage. They also covered the cost of the new Meeting Room & Office to compensate for the land used for the Vicarage, which had previously been Church Property.
In 2010 the congregation voted that we should commemorate the Centenary of the Church in 2012 by building a new Lady Chapel. The original Lady Chapel was to the right of the altar but this area had largely been taken over by the organ console being moved into this area. Now complete, the Chapel is accessed from the North Porch and positioned between the Vestry and the Church Meeting Room and offers a bright and convivial area for worship.
The Lady Chapel The Baptistry Window from the Font