St Ambrose
St Ambrose Church is the parish church of Westbourne, Bournemouth and is a Grade II* Listed Building. The present church building was designed by architect Charles Hodgson Fowler, with a reredos and font cover by Temple Moore. Building commenced in 1898 and the church was Dedicated on 10th October 1900. It is a large church in the Perpendicular style, built of honey-coloured Bath stone, with green Westmorland slate roofs. It contains some fine stained glass (east end and aisles by Burlison & Grylls, west window by James Powell of Whitechapel). In addition, there are high quality carved oak stalls, statues and carvings by George Walker Milburn, a polychromatic marble pulpit, brass eagle lectern, and wrought-iron rood screen.
Exterior: Mostly Free Perp style. The nave is long and high, with a clerestory rising above lean-to aisles. The aisles are buttressed, with two-light Perp windows. The clerestory has shallow pilaster buttresses. Its windows have three cusped lights, the centre one higher, an arrangement reminiscent of c. 1300.
Interior: The interior is ashlar lined, and the long high nave dominates. It has a good timber roof with tie beams and collars, crown posts, and queen struts braced to the purlins. The nave arcades are conventional; moulded arches, and shafted piers on a quatrefoil plan. Symmetrical lean-to aisles; the north aisle roof was destroyed by fire in 2006, and completely rebuilt in oak to match the original design.
Principle Fixtures: The splendid reredos was designed by Temple Moore, 1914, and painted and gilded by Head & Son of Colchester, one of Moore's favoured artists. It has a high rectangular frame with a meandering leafy border, and five standing angels across the top. The centre panel has a Crucifixion, with the Annunciation below in a predella.
Sources: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18394/about-us/
- A: The number of shields depicted above the church’s main door
- B: The number of drainpipes on the lower half of the building between the Church’s main door and the office door
- C: The number of square stone decorations around the stone arch over the main door
- D: The number of Green Spires on the Church
- E: The number of Aardvarks engraved on the church’s main door
- F: The number of letters in the diocese for this Church
The final cache location is:
N50 43.(A*E)(B+D)(F-D) W001 54.(E)(B+C+D)
Check Sum (all digits) 48
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