saints church southampton saints church church building located corner short distance south original church site named constructed medieval times land granted monarch time henry_ii monks building fell disrepair new church building constructed church renamed saints old church demolished new building completed following acts parliament allowing trustees church raise funds rates property parish incorporated saints building separate graveyard established church regularly attended author lived southampton painter sir baptised new organ installed church substantial refurbishment programme took place saints heavily damaged southampton blitz subsequently demolished saints building designed architect featured arched ceiling spanned sanctuary feet long feet wide use supporting pillars frontage church dominated columns supporting triangular resting place chancellor notable royal_navy officers august remains people buried transferred communal grave southampton history 12th 17th century henry_ii king england granted land construction church monks reign original church located corner short distance south chancel nave north aisle tower stages western end parish registers date great led number people ejected went form avenue andrew number rector church time church bells stolen night september found despite award offered mayor southampton london gazette 18th century medieval church fallen disrepair act parliament passed provision demolish existing structure rebuild parish church purchase land church yard old building act described ancient decayed condition demolished year work begun replacement church saints spring foundation stone laid august year addition replacing previous building number neighbouring houses demolished way new church building designed better known architect pupil sir complained late payment bills stating committee overseeing construction church owed writing design saints cambridge_university said church southampton probably important building authored obituary described principal work history hampshire building described wholly interest related finished building substantially different original intentions stating foundation stone laid ceremony attended poet wrote ode ceremony mayor southampton dignitaries attendance powers awarded church trustees act fundraising proved insufficient act passed years later remedy legislation introduction reported demolition completed construction new building way act allowed trustees borrow collect rates property parish pound act allowed raise additional provisions building completed original church remained intact incorporated new building underground cemetery reached slightly actual building extending portion high street addition separate graveyard established located south walls southampton street location technically outside parish boundary rector new church preached sermon building consecrated year sermon comments seen abusive attack christians exclusively use church_of_england prescribed forms prayer prompted detailed written response minister independent church southampton letter sparked response oxford turn led debate publications matter including pastoral charge son called richard born southampton went bishop act parliament passed new building constructed furnished allowing trustees raise increasing percentage collect properties parish pound 19th century early 19th century novelist lived parish regularly attended church mentioning occasionally correspondence letters noted january family unable attend consecutive sundays despite sunday blowing manage attend week painter sir born baptised church law commission estimate debt relating construction building paid graveyard closed church single bell dated manufactured warner london located fifteenth century sold new purchased place new organ installed church years later organ manufactured son consisted tiers great stops swell stops choir organ stops july saw substantial refurbishment programme place original ceiling main sanctuary completely replaced original plaster ceiling removed new constructed wood resulting weight reduction tons scheme cost 20th 21st centuries graveyard formally removed site children playground 1930s subsequently multi storey car park church damaged repair german bombing raid december august human remains housed transferred southampton single communal grave remains people transferred fairly preserved oak shells completely ruins church building subsequently demolished sources indicate exactly replaced shops multi storey car park parish registers successfully retrieved ruin despite damaged wax tar results fire followed bombing restored despite debts related costs construction building having settled early mid 19th century church exist years later acts parliament allowing trustees church levy rates properties parish purpose settling debts remained force untouched proposed repeal july view presenting recommendations parliament architecture exterior frontage measured feet inches wide columns measured feet diameter feet high columns topped supported lower spaces pillars filled wide arches entrance doors topped building lit semi circular headed windows outer columns building supported similar atop columns south building faced rows windows window feet wide upper windows feet high row feet high north windows neighbouring buildings east end roof church topped large concrete feature buildings southampton symbol welcome idea originated caribbean possibly reached city result slave trade 16th century survived bombing exhibited special occasions black history month interior inside church arched ceiling main sanctuary internal pillars spanned length width church measuring feet feet notable local newspaper claims served charles_ii buried specify chancellor rear admiral renowned royal_navy officer explorer participated expeditions buried naval officer captain sir interred
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