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French Protestant Church, Brighton

19th-century Protestant churches19th-century churches in the United KingdomChurches completed in 1887Churches in Brighton and HoveFormer churches in Brighton and Hove
Former French Protestant Church, Queensbury Mews, Brighton (April 2013) (3)
Former French Protestant Church, Queensbury Mews, Brighton (April 2013) (3)

The French Protestant Church of Brighton (L'Eglise Française Réformée) is a former place of worship in the English city of Brighton and Hove. Until its closure in 2008, it was the only French Protestant church in Britain outside London, where the French Protestant Church of London, founded in 1550, occupies a building dating from 1893 in Soho Square. Brighton's dates from the previous decade, and is centrally located in Queensbury Mews, a small street just behind Brighton seafront and next to the Metropole Hotel. Opened in 1887, it was put up for sale in June 2008 and was closed a month later.

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French Protestant Church, Brighton
Queensbury Mews, Brighton

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Queensbury Mews
BN1 2FE Brighton
England, United Kingdom
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Former French Protestant Church, Queensbury Mews, Brighton (April 2013) (3)
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