First Church of Christ, Scientist, Richmond, is a church on Sheen Road, Richmond, London. It is a branch of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1879.[2]
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Richmond | |
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51°27′39″N 0°18′01″W / 51.4609°N 0.3003°W | |
Location | 35 Sheen Road, Richmond, London TW9 1AD |
Country | England, United Kingdom |
Denomination | Christian Science |
Website | www |
Architecture | |
Functional status | active |
Architect(s) | W Braxton Sinclair and Barton[1] |
Groundbreaking | 1939 |
Completed | 1953 |
It was built between 1939 and 1953; the architects were W. Braxton Sinclair[1] (who also designed the Grade II listed[3] First Church of Christ Scientist in Bromley)[4] and Barton.[1] Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner describe it as having "heavily modelled red brickwork, with some free Baroque details".[1]
On Sunday mornings there is a church service and also a Sunday school for people under 20. A weekly testimony meeting is held on Wednesdays evenings.[2]
The building includes a reading room.[2]
The church is registered (number 81398) as a place of worship in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855.[5]
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