The English city of Bristol has a number of churches.

Bristol has lost, rebuilt or demolished all of its strongly characteristic late medieval parish churches - the naves had no clerestories, any added aisles and chapels were separately gabled, all in simple Perpendicular style. These include the church of St Thomas the Martyr, St Nicholas church, Christ Church with St Ewen, St Werburgh's church, Temple church, St Peter's church, St Mary le Port church and the church of St Augustine the Less. The church of St Philip and St Jacob gives an idea of the Bristol style, but with much alteration.Isabel M Kirby, Records of the Diocese of Bristol, Bristol Corporation, 1970, p.x

There is also a list of former churches in Bristol.

The churches listed are Anglican except when otherwise noted.

Name of Church Alternative Name(s) Built Location Notes Grade if listed building Reference Photo St. Augustine's Church 1970s Whitchurch Closed at midday on 28 November 2007. All Saints, Bristol 12th century A mediaeval church mainly rebuilt in the 18th century. Currently (2006) a Diocesan Education Centre. II* Polish Church of Our Lady of Ostrobrama Arley Chapel 1855 Arley Hill Road, Cotham Polish Roman Catholic II Bishopston Methodist Church Bristol Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity 1140 College Square, off Anchor Road. I Bristol Community Church Bristol New Covenant Church Waters Road, Kingswood Buckingham Baptist Chapel 1842 Queen's Road, Clifton by Richard Shackleton Pope II* Carmel Christian Centre Carmel Bath Road, Brislington Non-denominational Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne 1504 Colston Street II* Christ Church with St Ewen 1786–1791 Clare Street, City of Bristol. by William Paty II* Christ Church, Clifton Down 1841 Clifton Down II* Church of All Hallows 1899 Easton II Church of St John the Baptist, Bristol St John on the Wall 14th century City Includes St John's Gate. The church is in a striking position over one of the old city gates. Founded before 1174, the present church is Perpendicular from the period 1350–1500. A conduit has supplied water from Brandon Hill since 1374 I Church of the Holy Trinity with St Edmund Horfield parish church 15th century Horfield II* Church of Holy Trinity, Hotwells 1829 Hotwells By CR Cockerell II* Church of Holy Trinity, Stapleton Stapleton Parish Church 1857 Stapleton, Bristol II* City Road Baptist Church Baptist 1862 Stokes Croft By James Medland and A.W. Maberly II Clifton Cathedral Roman Catholic cathedral church of St Peter and Paul 1970-73 Clifton Cotham Church Highbury Congregational chapel 1842-3 Cotham II* Counterslip Baptist Church 1957 Whitchurch Crofts End Church 1895 St George Crossnet Redland"Crossnet Bristol"

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Retrieved 17 October 2019 Eastern Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God 1888 Clifton Home to the oldest Orthodox community in Bristol providing services in English, Russian and Romanian. Ebenezer Church 1930s Filton Avenue, Horfield Emanuel Court 1869 Clifton Church tower, now flats. II faithSPACE Southville Methodist Church Glenside Museum 1861 Fishponds Previously hospital chapel II Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym 1194 Church Road in Westbury on Trym I Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood 1819-21 Kingswood, South Gloucestershire II* Holy Trinity Church, Lawrence Hill (St Philips) Trinity Centre 1829 Lawrence Hill By Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. Deconsecrated. II* Hope Chapel, Hotwells, Bristol 1787 Hotwells Ivy Pentecostal Church Ivy Church c.1791 (chapel) Montpelier Assemblies of God congregation. Building originally the chapel of the Asylum for Poor Orphan Girls (chapel built c.1791); later Salvation Army premises and now Ivy Pentecostal Church. Kensington Baptist Church Kensington Baptist Chapel; Kensington Tabernacle 1888 Easton Independent Baptist church designed by Thomas Lennox Watson. The congregation moved here from Thrissell Street Chapel. II Life Community Church BristolLife Church Bristolor 48 Forest RoadFishpondsIn 2023, Life Church Bristol moved to Avanti Gardens School and The Vassall Centre. The church is now called Christ Faith Tabernacle (CFT) Church.New Covenant Church BristolLawrence Hill, Bristol New Life Church Bristol Meeting at Frenchay Village Hall, Frenchay New Room, Bristol John Wesley's Chapel 1739 Broadmead By John Wesley I Oasis Church South Bristol 2011 Hengrove Part of Oasis John Williams and Oasis Trust. http://www.oasisacademyjohnwilliams.org/ Parkway Methodist Church Parkway Church 1972 St Werburgh's Methodist church built to replace earlier local chapels (Brookland and Wesley) lost to motorway development. Architect Eustace H. Button. Redland Parish Church 1740-43 Redland Severn Church, Bristol Severn Vineyard Church2009The Station, Silver StreetOriginally founded at the Bristol Grammar Schoolwww.severnvineyard.org Stapleton Road Congregational Chapel The Congregational Centre 1871 Stapleton Road/Newton Street, Easton Congregational chapel designed by Hans Price in an Italianate or Bristol Byzantine manner, with foundation stone laid 8 March 1871 and opened 20 October 1871. Part of the Congregational Federation. St Agnes Church Church of St Agnes with St Simon 1885–1887 (consecrated 2 March 1886)St Paul's II St Aidan 1902 St George II St Alban, Redland Church of St Alban 1907 Redland II St Ambrose's Church Church of St Ambrose with St Leonard 1912–1913 Stretford Road, Whitehall Anglican parish church in a Free Gothic Revival style by W. V. and A. R. Gough. II St Andrew's Church, Clifton1154 (first mention of old church), 1822 (new church) CliftonOld church demolished in 1820s, new church bombed and damaged during the Bristol Blitz and finally demolished in 1956Bristol Record Office St Anne's Church, Greenbank St Anne's, Eastville 1900–1901 Greenbank Designed by George Oatley St Bonaventure's 1901 Bishopston Roman Catholic St Ewen's, Old City St David's Welsh Anglican church Feeder Road 1881 Arch J Bevan demolished 1923 1140 (demolished 1820) Corn Street and Clare Street, Bristol When the church was demolished in 1820, the congregation joined with Christ Church. The Old Council House (now the Register Office) was built on the site between 1824 and 1827."Records of the Diocese of Bristol", University of Bristol (Bristol Branch of the Historical Association), 1970, p. 167.St David's Welsh Anglican Church 1888 demolished 1923 ref. Y loegre sheets Cymru. St George, Brandon Hill 1821-3 Brandon Hill Built by Robert Smirke II* St James' Priory, Bristol 1129 City The present church consists of part of the nave of a priory founded by Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester no later than 1134. Currently (2006) the Roman Catholic church of the Little Brothers of Nazareth. I St James' Presbyterian Church of EnglandHorsefair, CityBombed and gutted 24 November 1940. Tower survives, but nave is offices immediately south of Bristol coach station. St John's Place St John the Evangelist Church 1841 Clifton now offices II St John the Baptist 1834 Frenchay II St John the Baptist, Bedminster1003 (earliest record of the Old Church), 1663 (17th-19th century church), 1855 (New Church)BedminsterOld church razed to the ground in 1645 by Prince Rupert of the Rhine during the English Civil War. 17th-19th century church demolished in 1854 to make way for the new church. New church damaged by incendiary bombs on 24 November 1940 during World War II.Bristol Record Office Church of St Jude the Apostle with St Matthias-on-the-Weir 1849 Braggs Lane, Old Market, Bristol II St Luke's Church, Barton Hill 1840s Queen Ann Road, Barton Hill II St Luke's Church, Brislington 15th century Church Hill, Brislington II St Mark's Church, Bristol Lord Mayor's Chapel 1230 College Green, Bristol Originally the chapel of Gaunt's Hospital, a monastic foundation of 1220. The official Corporation church since 1722. I St Mary le Port Pre 11th century Castle Park Ruins II (Tower) St Mary on the Quay 1839-43 Colston Avenue Built in 1839 by R.S. Pope for the Irvingite congregation, Roman Catholic since 1843 II* St Mary Magdalene, Stoke Bishop 1860 Mariners Drive, Stoke Bishop II St Mary Redcliffe late 12th century Redcliffe Way I St Mary, Fishponds 1821 Manor Road, Fishponds II St Mary, Shirehampton 1929 High Street, Shirehampton II St Mary the Virgin, Henbury c1200 Church Close, Henbury II* St Matthews Church, Cotham 1833-35 Clare Rd Cotham by Thomas Rickman II St Michael on the Mount Without Church of St Michael St Michael's Hill Built in the 15th century. Disused. II* St Nicholas, Bristol 1769 St Nicholas Street The first church was founded before 1154, with a chancel extending over the south gate of the city. The gate and old church were demolished to make way for the rebuilding of Bristol Bridge and the church was rebuilt in 1762-9 by James Bridges (architect) and Thomas Paty, who rebuilt the spire. The interior was destroyed by bombing in 1940 and rebuilt 1974-5 as a church museum, used by the city council. Part of the old church and town wall survives in the 14th century crypt. The interior was restored and the church reopened in 2018 under the leadership of Rev'd Toby Flint. II* St Nicholas of Tolentino Church 1850 Lawford's Gate, Easton Roman Catholic parish church founded in 1848 and built in stages (1850–1873) to designs by Charles Hansom. Reordered and extended 2006–2007. Locally listed St Oswald's church 1927 Cheddar Grove, Bedminster Down II St Paul's Church, Southville 1831 Coronation Road, Southville NB only tower is listed building II St Paul's Church, Bristol 1790s Portland Square, St Pauls I St Peter's Church, Castle Park 12th century Castle Park A Saxon foundation, bombed in 1940. Ruined. Maintained as a monument to the civilian war dead of Bristol. St Peters Church, Bishopsworth 1842 Church Rd, Bishopsworth II* St Peter and St Paul, Bristol The Greek Church Lower Ashley Road Greek Orthodox St Philip and Jacob, Bristol Before 1174 Narrow Plane Commonly known as "Pip n Jay" since the 1960s and "Central Church" since 2018. Early C13 chancel, nave and lower tower, mid C15 N chancel aisle and upper tower, nave altered 1764, N and S stair turrets to the nave, N porches and refenestration of 1836; restored 1850 by William Armstrong. II* "Central Church Bristol". centralchurchbristol.org Retrieved 7 August 2024. St Stephen's Church, Bristol 1470 St Stephens Avenue I Seamen's Church & Institute Seamen's Mission Church and Institute 1880 Prince Street and Royal Oak Avenue, Queen Square The church was initially built in 1880 as a base for missionaries to spread the Gospel to ship crews. It became damaged during the Bristol Blitz in 1940, after which it became attached to the Seamen's Institute building on Prince Street. In 1987, both the church and institute closed. St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol Founded before 1200 St Thomas Street Rebuilt in Perpendicular style in the mediaeval period and again in 1789-93 by James Allen. Redundant. II* St Werburghs Church 1758 Mina Road, St Werburghs II* Temple Church (Holy Cross Church) 12th century City A round church was built by the Knights Templar in 1150 and rebuilt at the suppression of the order in 1312. Gutted by bombing in 1940. Ruined. II* Victoria Methodist Church Vic Clifton Whitefield's Tabernacle, Kingswood 1741 Kingswood I Wick United Reformed Church 1800s Wick, South Glos II Woodlands Christian Centre Woodies Clifton

See also Buildings and architecture of Bristol

External links

ChurchCrawler list of Bristol Churches

References