John Leopold Denman
(15 November 1882 – 5 June 1975) was an architect from the English seaside resort of Brighton, now part of the city of
Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove () is a city and unitary authority in East Sussex, England. It consists primarily of the settlements of Brighton and Hove, alongside neighbouring villages.
Often referred to synonymously as Brighton, the City of Brighton and H ...
. He had a prolific career in the area during the 20th century, both on his own and as part of the Denman & Son firm in partnership with his son John Bluet Denman. Described as "the master of ... mid-century
Neo-Georgian",
Denman was responsible for a range of commercial, civic and religious buildings in Brighton, and pubs and hotels there and elsewhere on the south coast of England on behalf of Brighton's
Kemp Town Brewery. He used other architectural styles as well, and was responsible for at least one mansion, several smaller houses, various buildings in cemeteries and crematoria, and alterations to many churches. His work on church restorations has been praised, and he has been called "the leading church architect of his time in
Sussex";
he also wrote a book on the
ecclesiastical architecture of the county.
Denman often worked with sculptor
Joseph Cribb, whose carved
relief
Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term '' relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that th ...
s (including one depicting Denman himself)
adorn several of his buildings. As a long-serving member of the Brighton School of Art—where he was head of the Architecture department—he also influenced the careers of former pupils who were later associated with the large group of artists who lived and worked in nearby
Ditchling
Ditchling is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is contained within the boundaries of the South Downs National Park; the order confirming the establishment of the park was signed in Ditchling.
...
, where Cribb was based.
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts and country houses.
The charity states that i ...
has awarded some of Denman's works
listed status in view of their architectural importance: among them are an elaborate
Byzantine Revival
Neo-Byzantine architecture (also referred to as Byzantine Revival) was a revival movement, most frequently seen in religious, institutional and public buildings. It incorporates elements of the Byzantine style associated with Eastern and Ortho ...
mausoleum, an "elegant" Neo-Georgian office building and a pair of ceremonial stone pylons on the city boundary.
Biography
Denman was born on 15 November 1882
in Brighton.
His grandfather was also an architect who had remodelled
St Paul's Church in West Street, Brighton,
and his father Samuel Denman
(who died in 1945) was also based in Brighton
and designed buildings including
Lewes Town Hall
Lewes Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Lewes, East Sussex, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Lewes Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
History
In the medieval period, the site of the town hall ...
and the
Jacobean-style Hove Club (1897) at Fourth Avenue, Hove.
Denman junior studied at Brighton Grammar School
and the
London County Council
London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today kno ...
(LCC) Central School of Arts and Crafts, and was
articled to his father in 1898 at the age of 16. His professional career as an architect began in 1907: he became an assistant at the firm of Jones & Smithers, studied for his professional qualifications (which he received in 1908) and was accepted as an
Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects () on 1 March 1909.
His first working address, from that year,
was 27 Queens Road, Brighton—the premises from which Samuel Denman had operated since 1896 or earlier. John Leopold Denman's later addresses included 8 Clifton Hill, in the
Montpelier area of Brighton, and ''The Knoll'' in the
Withdean area.
![All Bar One, 2-3 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton (2)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/All_Bar_One%2C_2-3_Pavilion_Buildings%2C_Brighton_%282%29.jpg)
During the 1920s, Denman led the Architecture department of the Brighton School of Art (now part of the
University of Brighton
The University of Brighton is a public university based on four campuses in Brighton and Eastbourne on the south coast of England. Its roots can be traced back to 1858 when the Brighton School of Art was opened in the Royal Pavilion. It achiev ...
)—a faculty he was associated with for many years. He was also elected president of a regional body, the South-Eastern Society of Architects.
During his time at the School of Art, he influenced the career development of landscape artist Charles Knight, who studied there between 1919 and 1923,
and portrait artist and
stained glass designer Louis Ginnett.
Around this time, he was also engaged by the Kemp Town Brewery in Brighton to be their in-house architect, responsible for designing new pubs and hotels in Sussex and other southern counties of England;
and further afield, he won the commission to design the
Royal Masonic Institution for Girls
The Royal Masonic School for Girls (RMS) is an Independent school (UK), independent school in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, with day and boarding school, boarding pupils. The school was instituted in 1788, with the aim of caring for th ...
in
Rickmansworth
Rickmansworth () is a town in southwest Hertfordshire, England, about northwest of central London and inside the perimeter of the M25 motorway. The town is mainly to the north of the Grand Union Canal (formerly the Grand Junction Canal) and ...
, Hertfordshire.
Work on this building (now a school) took place between 1928 and 1933, and its chapel is a
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
.
Between 1922 and 1927, he was responsible for a small number of houses in various streets in
Hove
Hove is a seaside resort and one of the two main parts of the city of Brighton and Hove, along with Brighton in East Sussex, England. Originally a "small but ancient fishing village" surrounded by open farmland, it grew rapidly in the 19th c ...
: Rochester Gardens, Montefiore Road, Colbourne Road and New Church Road.
![Regent House, Prince's Place, Brighton](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Regent_House%2C_Prince%27s_Place%2C_Brighton.JPG)
Denman's first commissions in Brighton were for civic structures to commemorate the creation in 1928 of the Borough of Brighton. (This greatly enlarged the town's urban area and gave it
borough status.)
He designed two stone pylons which flanked the
main London Road at the new borough boundary north of Patcham,
and a commemorative stone seat at Devil's Dyke, a beauty spot on the
South Downs
The South Downs are a range of chalk hills that extends for about across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, in the Eastbourne Downland Estate, East Sussex, in the eas ...
overlooking Brighton (although the seat faced northwards, away from the town).
Both structures were commissioned by Sir Herbert Carden, a local councillor, and were unveiled on 30 May 1928.
Both have extensive carved
relief
Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term '' relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that th ...
s and inscriptions—a feature Denman often used in his later work as well. Throughout his career he worked with sculptors and other craftsmen from
Ditchling
Ditchling is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is contained within the boundaries of the South Downs National Park; the order confirming the establishment of the park was signed in Ditchling.
...
,
a village near Brighton which was home to an
art colony
An art colony, also known as an artists' colony, can be defined two ways. Its most liberal description refers to the organic congregation of artists in towns, villages and rural areas, often drawn by areas of natural beauty, the prior existence o ...
,
The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic
The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic was a Roman Catholic community of artists and craftspeople founded in 1920 in Ditchling, East Sussex, England. It was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and its legacy led to the creation of Ditchling ...
. (Both Charles Knight and Louis Ginnett were loosely associated with the Guild, although they were not official members, and Ginnett is believed to have worked with Denman on the pylons.)
Another early work was his redesigning and substantial extension of the Sussex Masonic Centre at 25 Queen's Road, next door to his father's office, in 1928. The local
Freemasons had bought the building, a mid 19th-century house, and the surrounding site nine years earlier with the aim of turning it into their local headquarters. Denman's design included some
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...
elements.
By the late 1920s, Brighton had evolved into a major commercial centre. To a much greater extent than in other places, its commercial and civic buildings were typically designed by locals rather than outside architects,
and there was a surge in demand for new commercial premises in the 1930s.
In 1930, Denman took over his father's architectural practice at Queen's Road,
and over the next few years he was commissioned to design several major commercial buildings in Brighton. His Neo-Georgian offices for the Citizen's Permanent Building Society on Marlborough Place were finished in 1932,
by which time construction of the Richmond Hotel and bar had started. This building, on Richmond Parade opposite Marlborough Place, was also Neo-Georgian in style and was finished in 1934.
On side roads off North Street in the town centre, Denman designed Neo-Georgian offices for the ''
Brighton & Hove Herald'' newspaper in 1934
and Regent House—in a similar style but with angular
Modernist
Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...
elements—in the same year, immediately behind the
Chapel Royal.
In 1935, he designed a "blocky", prominent brick building to house the Sussex Eye Hospital.
A year later, he submitted a plan to redesign Brighton Town Hall, but Brighton Borough Council rejected it.
Two years later, he designed a holiday home in
South Heighton
South Heighton is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is seven miles (12 km) south of Lewes. In the 1890s the village's population grew from less than 100 to over 500 after a cement manu ...
near
Newhaven on behalf of the
Guinness Trust
The Guinness Partnership is one of the largest providers of affordable housing and care in England. Founded as a charitable trust in 1890, it is now a Community Benefit Society with eight members. Bloomberg classify it as a real estate owner a ...
. It was used to give tenants of the Trust's housing in London a cheap seaside holiday. The building was
requisitioned during World War II and later served as a
WRVS club and home before being partly demolished in the 1990s.
On behalf of the
Congregational Church, he designed the
Hounsom Memorial Church for the new
Hangleton
Hangleton is a residential suburb of Hove, part of the English city and coastal resort of Brighton and Hove. The area was developed in the 1930s after it was incorporated into the borough of Hove, but has ancient origins: its parish church was ...
housing estate in Hove in 1938. It opened the following year and is still used by the
United Reformed Church
The United Reformed Church (URC) is a Protestant Christian church in the United Kingdom. As of 2022 it has approximately 40,000 members in 1,284 congregations with 334 stipendiary ministers.
Origins and history
The United Reformed Church resulte ...
.
In 1938 he was also engaged at Eridge Park, home of the
Marquesses of Abergavenny
A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman w ...
, who commissioned him to design a new mansion to replace Eridge Castle—an "exuberant" Gothic Revival house of 1787. Denman's replacement building, Eridge Park House, is still occupied by the family.
Denman also undertook small schemes to design internal features and fittings for buildings, such as his work at
Preston Manor.
Preston was a
Saxon village which became a suburb of Brighton in the 19th century.
Its ancient
manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...
, Preston Manor, was rebuilt several times, most substantially in 1905. At some point after this date, Denman designed an alcove at the bottom of the main staircase.
Other small schemes, both under the Denman & Son name, were carried out at
St Paul's Church (a
sounding board for the
pulpit, designed in about 1960)
and
St Peter's Church, the parish church of Brighton (a "fine"
organ case dated 1966).
During the 1940s, Denman's work was exhibited at the
Royal Academy of Arts, and locally he served as a
Justice of the Peace in East Sussex.
In December 1945, he was a founding member of The Regency Society, an influential preservation society which campaigned against the planned demolition of large areas of
Regency-era buildings on Brighton and Hove seafront.
By this time he had been designated a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (),
and he later became president of the Society.
In 1967, Denman wrote ''A short survey of the structural development of Sussex churches on behalf of the Sussex Historic Churches Trust'', a 63-page guide to the architectural history of the county's churches.
He died on 5 June 1975.
Denman wrote a set of memoirs which, although not formally published, are held by the RIBA in their British Architectural Library. Among other things, he noted that he was summoned by the
Bishop of Chichester
The Bishop of Chichester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the counties of East and West Sussex. The see is based in the City of Chichester where the bishop's sea ...
George Bell in the early 1950s to discuss proposed designs for a permanent church at
Peacehaven
Peacehaven is a town and civil parish in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England. It is located above the chalk cliffs of the South Downs approximately six miles () east of Brighton city centre, on the A259 road. Its site coincides with th ...
, a rapidly growing residential area east of Brighton which only had a temporary building for worship. Bishop Bell disliked the first submission, by a builder with no architectural training; Denman advised him to reject it and a second design submitted by another man. Architect L. Keir Hett was eventually commissioned, although Denman himself submitted a design.
Works
New buildings
![Barclays Bank, North Street, Brighton](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Barclays_Bank%2C_North_Street%2C_Brighton.JPG)
;Tally Ho Inn, Church Street, Old Town,
Eastbourne
Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...
(1927; Grade II-listed)
This Kemp Town Brewery pub is a "striking" and distinctive
Arts and Crafts/
Sussex Vernacular building on a prominent corner site. Materials include handmade red bricks, tiles and knapped flint, and there are tiled gables,
oriel windows, ornate lamps and
linenfold carving. Denman also designed the Dolphin Inn (not listed) in the town's South Street at the same time.
;Maytree Pub, Old Shoreham Road,
Aldrington (1928)
Denman's design for this pub, on behalf of the Kemp Town Brewery, was approved by Hove Council in January 1928. It was recorded in 1931 as the Maytree Hotel. Conquest Inns, its owner in 2000, closed the pub and it was demolished in that year in favour of housing.
;
The Pylons,
Patcham
Patcham () is an area of the city of Brighton & Hove, about north of the city centre. It is bounded by the A27 (Brighton bypass) to the north, Hollingbury to the east and southeast, Withdean to the south and the Brighton Main Line to the west. ...
(1928; Grade II-listed)
Councillor Sir Herbert Carden commissioned these "wedge-shaped" stone structures to flank the main London Road at the boundary of the newly extended Borough of Brighton in 1928. He paid £2,255 towards them, and the public raised a further £993. Because the road is now a
dual carriageway, one pylon now "stands forlornly in the central reservation, although a third is planned".
The pylons are of limestone with slightly concave north and south faces. Small
buttress
A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral ( ...
es protrude at the corners. Carvings and inscriptions include the
coat of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its ...
of the Duke and Duchess of York, who laid the
foundation stone
The cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation. All other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure.
Over tim ...
, the emblems of Brighton and Sussex, a female figure and a galleon. Details of the date, architect, builders, founders and other descriptive information, and a short poem, are also carved on the flat panels which are mounted on the concave faces.
Next to each pylon is a seat, also made of stone and wrapping around but not touching the base. They are about off the ground, supported on small columns, and have
decorative moulding. They are separately listed at Grade II.
;Commemorative seat at
Devil's Dyke, near
Poynings (1928)
Sir Herbert Carden again commissioned and partly paid for this seat on the
South Downs
The South Downs are a range of chalk hills that extends for about across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, in the Eastbourne Downland Estate, East Sussex, in the eas ...
above Brighton, on a area of land he had bought for £9,000 to preserve for posterity. The structure is of limestone and has the Borough of Brighton's coat of arms carved on one side. The words and a dedication to the Duke of York are inscribed on the opposite side. Decorative paving surrounds the seat.
;
Royal Masonic Institute for Girls,
Rickmansworth
Rickmansworth () is a town in southwest Hertfordshire, England, about northwest of central London and inside the perimeter of the M25 motorway. The town is mainly to the north of the Grand Union Canal (formerly the Grand Junction Canal) and ...
(1928–33; chapel Grade II-listed)
The school is a large complex completed over the course of several years. Its chapel, which is listed, is in a Free
Byzantine Revival
Neo-Byzantine architecture (also referred to as Byzantine Revival) was a revival movement, most frequently seen in religious, institutional and public buildings. It incorporates elements of the Byzantine style associated with Eastern and Ortho ...
style with prominent aisles and arched windows. The walls are of plum-coloured brick with some stonework, such as on the
buttress
A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral ( ...
es,
gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...
s and
architraves.
;Baldwin Mausoleum,
Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery, Brighton ( 1930; Grade II-listed)
This mausoleum, whose construction date is unknown (although the first Baldwin family member named on it died in 1935), is also
Byzantine Revival
Neo-Byzantine architecture (also referred to as Byzantine Revival) was a revival movement, most frequently seen in religious, institutional and public buildings. It incorporates elements of the Byzantine style associated with Eastern and Ortho ...
in style. It is
cruciform
Cruciform is a term for physical manifestations resembling a common cross or Christian cross. The label can be extended to architectural shapes, biology, art, and design.
Cruciform architectural plan
Christian churches are commonly describe ...
in shape and has a domed top,
transept
A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In cruciform churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform ("cross-shaped") building wi ...
s and stone walls. There is a
cornice interrupted by rounded
mouldings, an arched entrance flanked by columns with decorative
capitals and a recessed bronze door. Four family members are commemorated on inscribed bronze panels.
;Richmond Hotel (now ''Pressure Point''), Richmond Place, Brighton (1931–34)
This has a curved façade which rounds the corner from Grand Parade to Richmond Place. It is a "nicely composed and detailed Neo-Georgian" building distinguished by unusually large arched windows on the upper floor.
;
20–22 Marlborough Place, Brighton (1933; Grade II-listed)
This "well-mannered and individual" three-storey building has a symmetrical
Neo-Georgian façade of brick. The roof is tiled and there is some exterior stonework. The windows and doorcases at ground-floor level form a round-arched arcade; in the
architraves of the windows are intricate carved
relief
Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term '' relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that th ...
s by
Joseph Cribb depicting workers in the building trade. The leftmost carving shows a hat-wearing Denman himself, holding a set of architectural plans and talking to another man.
;Regent House, Prince's Place, Brighton (1933)
Principally Neo-Georgian in style, this office has some
Modernist
Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...
elements: "modishly angular canopies" above its irregularly placed
oriel windows (which are of the
Crittall steel-framed type), and curiously patterned brickwork giving the impression of
pointillism.
;Offices of the ''Brighton & Hove Herald'',
2–3 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton (1933–34)
Now the
All Bar One
All Bar One is a pub chain consisting of 56 bars in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Mitchells and Butlers plc which was part of the Six Continents group (previously Bass) until 2003.
Décor
The concept was designed by Bass as a 'fema ...
bar and previously used by
Royal Insurance,
this "very stylish and well-detailed"
Neo-Georgian brick building was originally the head office of a local newspaper. It has a bow-fronted arcade of
sash windows.
Joseph Cribb was responsible for its carved
Portland stone capitals depicting
scallops and
seahorse
A seahorse (also written ''sea-horse'' and ''sea horse'') is any of 46 species of small marine fish in the genus ''Hippocampus''. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Greek (), itself from () meaning "horse" and () meaning "sea monster" or " ...
s.
;Sussex Eye Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton (1935)
Part of the extensive
Royal Sussex County Hospital
The Royal Sussex County Hospital is an acute teaching hospital in Brighton, England. Together with the Princess Royal Hospital, it is administered by the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. The services provided at the hospital in ...
campus, whose oldest buildings were designed by
Charles Barry
Sir Charles Barry (23 May 1795 – 12 May 1860) was a British architect, best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament) in London during the mid-19th century, but also respons ...
in the 1820s, Denman's contribution consists of a "blocky" -shaped Neo-Georgian building of
polychrome
Polychrome is the "practice of decorating architectural elements, sculpture, etc., in a variety of colors." The term is used to refer to certain styles of architecture, pottery or sculpture in multiple colors.
Ancient Egypt
Colossal statu ...
brick and a little stone. The recessed entrance bay projects upwards as a tower.
;Grenadier Pub,
Hangleton
Hangleton is a residential suburb of Hove, part of the English city and coastal resort of Brighton and Hove. The area was developed in the 1930s after it was incorporated into the borough of Hove, but has ancient origins: its parish church was ...
(1935)
Built by Denman for the Kemp Town Brewery, this prominently sited suburban pub has stone decorations on its façade, described as "peculiar stylised urns surmounted by ... a squat burst of flames". Stone carvings in the
architraves of the first-floor windows depict
hops and
barley
Barley (''Hordeum vulgare''), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains, particularly in Eurasia as early as 10,000 years ago. Globally 70% of barley p ...
. As originally designed, the interior was elaborately furnished with walnut wood, oak, soft leather and silk. A 1935 datestone is visible on the exterior.
;St Richard's Flats, Church Road, Portslade (mid-1930s)
This small block of flats near St Andrew's Church has
locally listed status. Brighton & Hove City Council describe it as "cottagey and jazzy at the same time, a building of class and character". The exterior is
render, each flat has a wooden balcony and the roof is laid with clay tiles.
;Eridge Park House,
Eridge
Rotherfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is one of the largest parishes in East Sussex. There are three villages in the parish: Rotherfield, Mark Cross and Eridge. The River Rother, which ...
(1938)
Denman built this on behalf of the
Marquess of Abergavenny on the site of a late 18th-century building which had in turn replaced an earlier house. Built in 1787 by an amateur architect, the former Eridge Castle was an ostentatious castellated house which was described as "in the worst possible taste" in 1877.
Nikolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (1 ...
lamented its demolition, though.
In 1958, the new house was partly demolished. Eridge Park itself is an extensive stretch of
Weald
The Weald () is an area of South East England between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs. It crosses the counties of Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and Kent. It has three separate parts: the sandstone "High Weald" in the ...
en land which was originally a
medieval deer park owned by
Odo, Earl of Kent
Odo of Bayeux (died 1097), Earl of Kent and Bishop of Bayeux, was the maternal half-brother of William the Conqueror, and was, for a time, second in power after the King of England.
Early life
Odo was the son of William the Conqueror's mother ...
(half-brother of
William the Conqueror
William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...
).
;
Hounsom Memorial Church,
Hangleton
Hangleton is a residential suburb of Hove, part of the English city and coastal resort of Brighton and Hove. The area was developed in the 1930s after it was incorporated into the borough of Hove, but has ancient origins: its parish church was ...
(1938)
The name commemorated Sussex businessman and
Congregationalist William Allin Hounsom. Denman explained his design at the inaugural reception: "
here areaisles and
clerestory windows without those divisional units which usually separate aisles from the central part of the church ... cost meant the tower could not be too imposing ... there is panel heating along the ceiling". Dark brick and red roof tiles from the
Ringmer
Ringmer is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England.OS Explorer map Eastbourne and Beachy Head Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009. The village is east of ...
brickworks were used in the design, and there are three "startling" carved stone
relief
Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term '' relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that th ...
s on the exterior:
Saint Christopher, a
pelican and a
lamb
Lamb or The Lamb may refer to:
* A young sheep
* Lamb and mutton, the meat of sheep
Arts and media Film, television, and theatre
* ''The Lamb'' (1915 film), a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in his screen debut
* ''The Lamb'' (1918 ...
.
Denman & Son also built the adjacent church hall in 1951.
Two years before this, they built a similar hall in
Saltdean
Saltdean is a coastal village in the city of Brighton and Hove, with part (known as East Saltdean) outside the city boundary in Lewes district. Saltdean is approximately east of central Brighton, west of Newhaven, and south of Lewes. It is ...
, which was used as a church by
Presbyterians until a permanent church (St Martin's; now also United Reformed) was built in 1957.
;Downs Crematorium, Brighton (1941)
This was built for the Brighton and Preston Cemetery Co. Ltd, a private company which had developed its own cemetery in Brighton alongside those owned by the Borough Council. Hilary Grainger, a historian of crematorium architecture, stated that the building was inspired by the design of the nearby
St Wilfrid's Church (designed in 1932 by
Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel
Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel (1887 in Cambridge – 21 June 1959 in Westminster, London) was a British architect, writer and musician.
Life
Harry Stuart Goodhart was born on 29 May 1887 in Cambridge, England. He added the additional name Rende ...
). The chapel has a
cloister
A cloister (from Latin ''claustrum'', "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a cathedral or church, commonly against a ...
with a memorial garden.
;Goring-by-Sea Methodist Church,
Goring-by-Sea
Goring-by-Sea, commonly referred to simply as Goring, is a neighbourhood of Worthing and former civil parish, now in Worthing district in West Sussex, England. It lies west of West Worthing, about west of Worthing town centre. Historically in ...
(1951)
Denman's long, low brick building has a small bronze spire. It was provided for
Methodists in this suburb of
Worthing
Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Ho ...
, who had previously worshipped in a local hall.
;Mile Oak Inn, Mile Oak Road,
Mile Oak (after 1951)
Denman submitted designs for this pub on the Mile Oak estate north of Portslade on 25 January 1951. It was built for the Kemp Town Brewery.
;St Cuthman's Church,
Whitehawk
Whitehawk is a suburb in the east of Brighton, England, south of Bevendean and north of Brighton Marina. The area is a large, modern housing estate built in a downland dry valley historically known as Whitehawk Bottom. The estate was original ...
, Brighton (1951–52)
Denman's church for the Whitehawk housing estate in the east of Brighton replaced one built in 1937 and destroyed by a
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
bomb six years later. It is of red brick with a pantiled roof, a side porch and a
gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...
on which a
bellcote
A bellcote, bell-cote or bell-cot is a small framework and shelter for one or more bells. Bellcotes are most common in church architecture but are also seen on institutions such as schools. The bellcote may be carried on brackets projecting from ...
is mounted.
;South West Middlesex Crematorium,
Feltham
Feltham () is a town in West London, England, from Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it became part of the London Borough of Hounslow in 1965. The parliamentary constituency of Feltham and Heston has been held by Labour Party MPs ...
(1952–54)
In February 1946, Denman was commissioned by the South West Middlesex Crematorium Joint Board (formed by councillors from several
urban districts in
Middlesex
Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...
) to design a crematorium for a site at
Hanworth
Hanworth is a district of West London, England. Historically in Middlesex, it has been part of the London Borough of Hounslow since 1965. Hanworth adjoins Feltham to the northwest, Twickenham to the northeast and Hampton to the southeast, with S ...
in the district of Feltham. Building work did not start until 1952, though. There were two chapels with cloisters of unequal size flanking a tower with the hall of remembrance inside. Various other buildings were also provided on the site. It was dedicated in 1954.
;St Richard's Church (original building), Maybridge estate, Goring-by-Sea (1954)
The church Denman built on this postwar housing estate in 1954 was superseded by a larger building in 1966 and is now the church hall. It is a simple dark brick building with Vernacular-style windows and a west-end entrance set under a pointed arch. The ends are
gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...
d.
;Southwick Methodist Church Hall,
Southwick (1954)
Denman was responsible for this church hall, which was used as a Methodist church between the demolition of the congregation's original premises at Albion Street and the opening in 1966 of the permanent church next to the hall. Another architect, W.J. Thrasher, was commissioned to design this.
;Harewood Court, Wilbury Road,
Hove
Hove is a seaside resort and one of the two main parts of the city of Brighton and Hove, along with Brighton in East Sussex, England. Originally a "small but ancient fishing village" surrounded by open farmland, it grew rapidly in the 19th c ...
(1956, as Denman & Son)
This was the first housing built for the
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution
The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company (RMBI Care Co.) cares for older Freemasons and their families as well as people in the wider community. Founded in 1842 by Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, they now provide a home for ...
. Denman drew up the designs in 1947, and clearance of the site (formerly a farm) had started in the 1930s, but construction did not take place until 1956. A "strongly built" seven-storey block of flats with elements of
Modernism
Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...
, it consists of two parallel street-facing towers whose corners are recessed in stages, joined by a five-storey bow-fronted section. Communal and social facilities were originally in this part.
Stock brick
London stock brick is the type of handmade brick which was used for the majority of building work in London and South East England until the growth in the use of Flettons and other machine-made bricks in the early 20th century. Its distinctive y ...
was the building material.
;St Anne's Church,
Hollington, Hastings
Hollington is a council estate and local government ward in the northwest of Hastings, East Sussex. The area lies next to Baldslow, Ashdown, North and Conquest, and less than five miles southeast of Battle, East Sussex, the home of Battle Abbe ...
(1956–1965, as Denman & Son)
Described as "typical of their work at the time", this flint and brick church in a postwar suburb of
Hastings
Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England,
east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
was designed by Denman and his son and was built over the course of several years. The windows extend past the roofline to form
dormer
A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof. A dormer window (also called ''dormer'') is a form of roof window.
Dormers are commonly used to increase the usable space ...
s, and there is a small tower with bowed walls. The church is in the parish of
Church in the Wood, Hollington.
;Barclays Bank, North Street, Brighton (1957–59, as Denman & Son)
Denman and son used the
Classical style
Classical architecture usually denotes architecture which is more or less consciously derived from the principles of Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, or sometimes even more specifically, from the works of the Roman architect V ...
for this new bank branch in the centre of Brighton. The style was rarely used so late in the 20th century, and the
Portland stone building has been called a "sombre monolith". The windows are tiered in three stages; on the top storey, a
loggia
In architecture, a loggia ( , usually , ) is a covered exterior gallery or corridor, usually on an upper level, but sometimes on the ground level of a building. The outer wall is open to the elements, usually supported by a series of columns ...
in the
Italianate style
The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian R ...
runs in front.
;St Luke's Church, Chyngton,
Seaford (1958–59; attr.)
This hall-style church with brick and flint walls with domestic-style windows and a rounded projection at one corner has been attributed to Denman on stylistic grounds, but no records exist to confirm this.
;Johnson Brothers store, Western Road, Brighton (1966, as Denman & Son)
Built on Brighton's main shopping street, Western Road, this was originally a furniture shop but is now a large branch of clothing retailer
Topshop
TOPSHOP (originally Top Shop) is a British fashion brand for women's clothing, shoes and accessories. It was part of the Arcadia Group, controlled by Sir Philip Green, but went into administration in late 2020 before being purchased by ASOS (r ...
. It is a plain building with a white-tiled façade above the ground-floor shopfront. Very small windows are arranged on a regular grid pattern.
Rebuilds and extensions
;The Hanover pub, Queen's Park Road,
Queen's Park, Brighton
Queen's Park is a public park in Brighton, England.
In 1825, Thomas Attree, a property owner and developer in Brighton, acquired land north of Eastern Road—already known as Brighton Park—to build a residential park surrounded by detached vill ...
(1927)
Denman rebuilt and redesigned this pub on behalf of the Kemp Town Brewery. As of 2015 "it retain
da number of external features from that date".
;Sussex Masonic Club, Queen's Road, Brighton (1928; Grade II-listed)
Denman attached a Masonic Temple and its associated offices to the side of an 1830s Classical-style house attributed to
Amon Wilds
Amon Wilds (1762 – 12 September 1833) was an English architect and builder. He formed an architectural partnership with his son Amon Henry WildsIn this article, Amon Wilds is referred to as ''Wilds senior'' and his son Amon Henry Wilds a ...
and
Charles Busby. His "imposing if ungainly building" combines the
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...
and Neo-Georgian styles. He built on to one side and the rear, increased the height by one storey and redesigned the interior with ornate Masonic decoration and panelling.
;
Freemasons Tavern, Western Road,
Hove
Hove is a seaside resort and one of the two main parts of the city of Brighton and Hove, along with Brighton in East Sussex, England. Originally a "small but ancient fishing village" surrounded by open farmland, it grew rapidly in the 19th c ...
(1928; Grade II-listed)
Denman's "famous facelift" of this mid 19th-century corner-site restaurant, a plain
stucco
Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and a ...
ed
Classical-style building, has been described as "spectacular",
"striking" and "reminiscent of the
Viennese Secession
The Vienna Secession (german: Wiener Secession; also known as ''the Union of Austrian Artists'', or ''Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs'') is an art movement, closely related to Art Nouveau, that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austri ...
". The three-bay exterior is framed by a two-storey gold and blue mosaic with gold lettering at the top. There is a
dado with gold
Masonic
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to Fraternity, fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of Stonemasonry, stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their inte ...
symbols, and there are
Stars of David
The Star of David (). is a generally recognized symbol of both Jewish identity and Judaism. Its shape is that of a hexagram: the compound of two equilateral triangles.
A derivation of the ''seal of Solomon'', which was used for decorative ...
and
chimera
Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimaira (Greek for " she-goat") originally referred to:
* Chimera (mythology), a fire-breathing monster of Ancient Lycia said to combine parts from multiple animals
* Mount Chimaera, a fire-spewing region of Lycia or Cilicia ...
-like figures. Below the mosaic frame, a two-storey glazed
bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such ...
screen with metal framing leads to a recessed doorway. The inside is
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...
in style.
;The Railway Inn (now The Dolphin), South Street,
Eastbourne
Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...
( 1929)
This was another pub owned by the Kemp Town Brewery and reordered at their request in the late 1920s. Denman inserted mock-Tudor doorways with carved timberwork,
leaded lights and
herringbone brickwork.
;The Egremont pub, Brighton Road,
Worthing
Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Ho ...
( 1929)
The Kemp Town Brewery bought this long established pub and attached brewery in 1924. Both had been built by brewer George Greenfield in 1835–36. The brewery went through several changes of owner and name up to 1924, although the pub's name (presumed to commemorate the Earl of Egremont, whose coat of arms appears on the exterior) remained the same. "It is virtually certain" that Denman carried out the refurbishment, which was undertaken soon after his work at the Railway Inn in Eastbourne and which shares many design features with that pub. Another refurbishment in 2015 preserved or reinstated many 1920s features.
;
The Abbey Convent,
Storrington
Storrington is a small town in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, and one of two in the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. it has a population of around 4,60 ...
(1930; Grade II-listed)
Nikolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (1 ...
called this convent "an agglomeration of buildings of the last 100 years which is as picturesque as many
Tudor houses".
George Faithfull
George Faithfull (1790 – 11 March 1863) was an English solicitor and Radical politician.
Faithfull was a solicitor and partner in G & H Faithfull & Co., one of the three largest law firms in Brighton. He became involved in the public life of t ...
built the first part in the 1870s as a
rectory
A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of religion. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, parsonage, rectory or vicarage.
Function
A clergy house is typically ow ...
. Colonel H.V. Ravenscroft commissioned Denman to add guest rooms, a ballroom and other rooms. There are elaborately carved fireplaces, moulded plastered ceilings and
stained glass. The walls are of brown brick and
sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
, and the roof is tiled. Some
gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...
s have inset
timber framing
Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden ...
.
;
Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College
Brighton, Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College, usually abbreviated to BHASVIC (pronounced "Baz-vic"), is a sixth form college in Brighton and Hove, England for 16- to 19-year-old students. The college is in the Prestonville area of the city. It is ...
, Dyke Road, Brighton (1934–35)
Denman altered and extended this building of 1913—a red-brick Neo-Georgian institution which was a
grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school ...
at the time. Louis Ginnett designed a series of
mural
A mural is any piece of graphic artwork that is painted or applied directly to a wall, ceiling or other permanent substrate. Mural techniques include fresco, mosaic, graffiti and marouflage.
Word mural in art
The word ''mural'' is a Spani ...
s.
;East End, East End Lane, Ditchling (1938–39)
Denman formed this house from two cottages, and added a flint staircase in the
Arts and Crafts
A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated re ...
style at the front.
;
St Michael and All Angels Church,
Southwick (1949–1950; Grade II*-listed)
The church has 12th-century origins but was mostly
rebuilt in 1835. The tower, the oldest part, was destroyed by a wartime bomb in 1941. Denman "admirably rebuilt" it piece by piece in 1949, and extended the building at the same time by adding flanking
vestries
A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government for a parish in England, Wales and some English colonies which originally met in the vestry or sacristy of the parish church, and consequently became known colloquially ...
.
;Hannington's store, North Street, Brighton (1950s; Grade II-listed)
Denman's work at this long-established department store, now closed, included an extension to the rear featuring a series of round-headed windows and a hexagonal turreted tower.
;St Mary Magdalene's Church,
Coldean
Coldean is a suburb of the English city of Brighton and Hove. Located in the northeast corner of the urban area, it was developed by Brighton Corporation in the 1950s as one of several postwar council estates necessitated by the acute housin ...
(1955)
The Coldean housing estate developed from the 1930s, although it did not become part of the Borough of Brighton until 1952. A Vernacular-style 18th-century barn was chosen to house an Anglican church for the area. Denman "sensitively converted" the structure for its new use in 1955.
;
St Peter's Church, West Blatchington (1960–62; Grade II*-listed):
This ancient church was rebuilt in the 19th century and greatly extended by Denman when West Blatchington—originally a sparsely populated
Downland
Downland, chalkland, chalk downs or just downs are areas of open chalk hills, such as the North Downs. This term is used to describe the characteristic landscape in southern England where chalk is exposed at the surface. The name "downs" is deriv ...
farming area—became a residential suburb. His cobbled flint and brick nave and chancel combine well with the older parts, most of which have been retained. The
clerestory illuminates both the old and the new sections.
;Old Ship Hotel, Ship Street, Brighton (1963–64, as Denman & Son; Grade II*-listed)
Executed mostly by John Bluet Denman under the Denman & Son name, this "well-mannered extension" to Brighton's oldest inn (a building with 16th-century origins) consists of a tall entrance block on the corner, arranged to maximise the sea views (only one side faces the coast directly).
;Bank House, High Street, Ditchling (undated)
Denman restored this house, which was built in 1576.
Church restorations
![St Nicholas' Church, Bramber (IoE Code 298337)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/St_Nicholas%27_Church%2C_Bramber_%28IoE_Code_298337%29.jpg)
John Leopold Denman undertook general restoration and repair work at many Sussex churches in the postwar period, often under the Denman & Son name with his son and other members of the practice. His treatment of medieval churches has been called "remarkably sensitive", in contrast to his less assured handling of
Victorian-era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardi ...
buildings.
His work at
St Nicholas' Church in Brighton, where he designed a
reredos
A reredos ( , , ) is a large altarpiece, a screen, or decoration placed behind the altar in a church. It often includes religious images.
The term ''reredos'' may also be used for similar structures, if elaborate, in secular architecture, for ex ...
in 1909, is his earliest recorded commission. He is believed to have restored many other churches apart from those for which records survive:
*
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, hy, Սուրբ Հարության տաճար, la, Ecclesia Sancti Sepulchri, am, የቅዱስ መቃብር ቤተክርስቲያን, he, כנסיית הקבר, ar, كنيسة القيامة is a church i ...
, Warminghurst (1959–60)
* East Hoathly Church,
East Hoathly (1963–64)
*
Holy Trinity Church, Bosham
Holy Trinity Church is a Grade I listed Anglican church, a parish church in Bosham, West Sussex. There was a church on this site in Saxon times, and the oldest parts of the building date from that time.
History Background
Bede wrote that Bishop W ...
(1946–51)
* Holy Trinity Church,
Eridge
Rotherfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is one of the largest parishes in East Sussex. There are three villages in the parish: Rotherfield, Mark Cross and Eridge. The River Rother, which ...
(1948–55)
* St Agnes' Church,
Hove
Hove is a seaside resort and one of the two main parts of the city of Brighton and Hove, along with Brighton in East Sussex, England. Originally a "small but ancient fishing village" surrounded by open farmland, it grew rapidly in the 19th c ...
(1963–65)
* St Alban's Church,
Frant
Frant is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England, on the Kentish border about three miles (5 km) south of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
When the iron industry was at its height, much of the village was owned ...
( 1954)
* St Andrew's Church,
Edburton
Edburton is a small village in West Sussex, England, on the road from Upper Beeding to Fulking.
History
The village's name means Ēadburg's ''tūn'', or settlement. Ēadburg is a woman's name, and it is sometimes claimed that it refers to Edbu ...
(1958–59, 1961–63)
*
St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton
St Bartholomew's Church, dedicated to the apostle Bartholomew, is an Anglican church in Brighton, England. The neo-gothic building is located on Ann Street, on a sloping site between Brighton railway station and the A23 London Road, adjacent t ...
(1965)
*
St George's Church,
Kemptown, Brighton (1967)
*
St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes (1959–60)
* St John the Divine's Church,
West Worthing (1971)
*
St John the Evangelist's Church,
Preston Village, Brighton
Preston Village is a suburban area of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex to the north of the centre. Originally a village in its own right, it was eventually absorbed into Brighton with the development of the farmland owned by the local Stanford fa ...
(1965)
*
St Leonard's Church, Aldrington (1954, 1970)
*
St Margaret's Church, Rottingdean (1974)
*
St Mark's Church, Hadlow Down (1965–67)
* St Mary's Church,
East Grinstead
East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the extreme northeast of the county, the civ ...
(1959–61, 1964–66)
*
St Mary de Haura Church, Shoreham-by-Sea (1967)
*
St Mary the Virgin's Church,
Glynde
Glynde is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, United Kingdom. It is located two miles (5 km) east of Lewes.OS Explorer map Eastbourne and Beachy Head Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton ...
(1956–58)
*
St Mary the Virgin's Church,
North Stoke (1962–64)
* St Mary the Virgin's Church,
Storrington
Storrington is a small town in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, and one of two in the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. it has a population of around 4,60 ...
(1960–70)
* St Michael's Church,
Plumpton (1929, 1932)
* St Michael and All Angels Church,
Withyham
Withyham is a village and large civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The village is situated 7 miles south west of Royal Tunbridge Wells and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from Crowborough; the parish covers approx ...
(1960–61)
* St Nicholas' Church,
Bramber (1959–60)
*
St Nicholas' Church, Brighton (1909)
* St Nicholas' Church,
Poling (1968)
*
St Paul's Church, Brighton
*
St Peter's Church, Brighton (1966)
*
St Peter's Church,
Henfield
Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. Th ...
(1959)
* St Peter's Church,
Twineham
Twineham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It is located eight kilometres (5 miles) to the west of Burgess Hill. The civil parish covers an area of In the 2001 census 271 people lived in 100 hou ...
(1959–62)
* St Philip's Church,
Eastbourne
Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...
(1965–69)
* St Simon and St Jude's Church,
East Dean (1948–61)
Denman designed
Buxted
Buxted is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex in England. The parish is situated on the Weald, north of Uckfield; the settlements of Five Ash Down, Heron's Ghyll and High Hurstwood are included within its boundarie ...
's war memorial, which stands in the grounds of
St Margaret the Queen's Church in
Buxted Park
Buxted Park is an 84.7 hectare (206.16 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, located near the village of Buxted, East Sussex, England. The main house is just over 0.5 km northeast of the town of Uckfield. The site w ...
, in 1921.
In about 1946, Denman designed the screens in the south chapel of St Margaret's Church in
Ditchling
Ditchling is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is contained within the boundaries of the South Downs National Park; the order confirming the establishment of the park was signed in Ditchling.
...
as a memorial to Louis Ginnett. Joseph Cribb designed the carvings.
In 1951 he designed the
lychgate
A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, lyke-gate or as two separate words lych gate, (from Old English ''lic'', corpse), also ''wych gate'', is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style ch ...
at St Michael's Church,
Newhaven.
See also
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Buildings and architecture of Brighton and Hove
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