Question: How many houses are in the Reigate and Banstead community where St Andrew 's Church is located ?

text: List of places of worship in Reigate and Banstead
Current places of worship

The borough of Reigate and Banstead, one of 11 local government districts in the English county of Surrey, has more than 80 current and former places of worship. As of 2020, there are 71 places of worship in active use and a further 10 at which religious services are no longer held but which survive in alternative uses. The majority of residents are Christian, according to the results of the United Kingdom's most recent census, and most places of worship in the borough serve Christian denominations - although three mosques have opened since 1978 and the Subud and Kosmon movements have also established worship centres. The Church of England, the country's Established Church, has nearly 30 congregations; there are six Roman Catholic churches; and several congregations of Methodists, Baptists, Evangelicals, Open Brethren and the United Reformed Church each have their own church or chapel. The Plymouth Brethren group have a major regional meeting hall at Horley and several smaller meeting rooms in the surrounding area. English Heritage has awarded listed status to 11 places of worship in the borough of Reigate and Banstead. A building is defined as listed when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of special architectural or historic interest in accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, a Government department, is responsible for this; English Heritage, a non-departmental public body, acts as an agency of the department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues. There are three grades of listing status. Grade I, the highest, is defined as being of exceptional interest; Grade II* is used for particularly important buildings of more than special interest; and Grade II, the lowest, is used for buildings of special interest. As of February 2001, there were 5 Grade I-listed buildings, 18 with Grade II* status and 388 Grade II-listed buildings in the district. The borough council also maintains a list of locally listed buildings, of which there are 526 as of 2020 (including 12 places of worship).
Name Location Denomination/ Affiliation Grade Notes
All Saints Church Banstead 51°19′20″N 0°12′03″W / 51.3221°N 0.2008°W / 51.3221 ; -0.2008 ( All Saints Church , Banstead ) Anglican II* Externally the appearance of this small stone and flint church relates to G.E . Street 's restoration in 1861 , but it is very rewarding inside because of features such as the unusual arcades with a mixture of chamfered and unchamfered arches and one very curious octagonal pier . The wide tower has a shingled broach spire . The building dates from the late 12th to early 13th century
ChristChurch Banstead Banstead 51°19′25″N 0°11′50″W / 51.3236°N 0.1971°W / 51.3236 ; -0.1971 ( ChristChurch , Banstead ) Evangelical - The present building of 1971 ( extended in 1976 and subsequently ) is the successor to a modest tin tabernacle dating from the early 20th century , erected on land bought in 1896 . The 250-capacity iron and timber building was damaged in World War II , and by 1970 the congregation had outgrown it . The cause was originally a non-denominational mission ; worship originally took place in a house , and the church was officially founded in March 1907 . At that time it was the only Nonconformist church to serve Banstead , Chipstead and Woodmansterne . Renamed Banstead Baptist Church in 1960 , it was rededicated under its present name on 8 September 2013
Banstead Methodist Church Banstead 51°19′06″N 0°12′47″W / 51.3184°N 0.2131°W / 51.3184 ; -0.2131 ( Banstead Methodist Church , Banstead ) Methodist - A combined school and Wesleyan chapel in Burgh Heath served Methodists in the Banstead area until a church was built near Nork Park in 1934-35 ( it opened on 9 February 1935 , five months after construction started ) . The site had been acquired in 1926 . The building was structurally unsound and was demolished in 1971 ; it was then rebuilt on the same site but in a different style
St Ann 's Church Banstead 51°19′17″N 0°12′42″W / 51.3215°N 0.2116°W / 51.3215 ; -0.2116 ( St Ann 's Church , Banstead ) Roman Catholic - Worship originally took place in a hut which was registered for marriages in July 1936 . This unpretentious permanent church , of brick with a tiled roof , replaced it in 1950 ; its marriage licence dates from August of that year . C.W . Glover and Partners were the architects , J.H . Alleyn rebuilt the sanctuary in 1955 and more additions were made in the 1960s and 1970s
Banstead United Reformed Church Banstead 51°19′29″N 0°11′37″W / 51.3248°N 0.1937°W / 51.3248 ; -0.1937 ( Banstead United Reformed Church , Banstead ) United Reformed Church - Banstead Congregational Church was officially constituted in 1946 , but worship had been taking place in the local school since 1940 . A permanent church was founded on 10 June 1950 and finished a year later , and it was extended in 1957 , 1962 and 2000 . Its marriage registration dates from July 1952
St Mary 's Church Burgh Heath 51°18′26″N 0°13′04″W / 51.3073°N 0.2178°W / 51.3073 ; -0.2178 ( St Mary 's Church , Burgh Heath ) Anglican L The long-vanished church at Burgh Heath , which later became part of the parish of Banstead , was succeeded by a chequered flint and stone replacement built to the design of architects Whitfield and Thomas in 1908-09 . The nave has aisles on both sides
St John the Evangelist 's Church Earlswood 51°13′46″N 0°10′35″W / 51.2294°N 0.1764°W / 51.2294 ; -0.1764 ( St John the Evangelist 's Church , Earlswood ) Anglican II* Redhill 's oldest church stands on Earlswood Common and was built in three stages : 1842-43 by J.T . Knowles , 1867 by Ford & Robert Hesketh , and 1889-95 by John Loughborough Pearson . Flint and limestone were the early materials , to which Pearson added pale stock brickwork when he revamped the chancel and nave and built the landmark corner tower and spire
Earlswood Baptist Church Earlswood 51°13′48″N 0°10′00″W / 51.2301°N 0.1667°W / 51.2301 ; -0.1667 ( Earlswood Baptist Church , Earlswood ) Baptist - Redhill Baptist Church founded a Baptist mission in the suburb of Earlswood in 1909 . The original tin tabernacle was replaced by the present larger building in 1978 ; this was registered for marriages in December of that year . Improvements were made in 1997 ( when the church hall was built ) and 2008 , and since 1987 the church has been independent of the Redhill cause
Jamia Masjid Al Mustafa Earlswood 51°13′41″N 0°10′20″W / 51.2281°N 0.1722°W / 51.2281 ; -0.1722 ( Jamia Masjid Al Mustafa , Earlswood ) Muslim - The building was registered as a Wesleyan Methodist church between December 1900 and May 1937 . In 1978 , a Muslim society which had formed that year in Redhill bought it and converted it into a 500-capacity mosque . It is linked to the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam . Under its present identity it was registered for marriages in August 2007
Meeting Room Earlswood 51°13′56″N 0°10′01″W / 51.2321°N 0.1669°W / 51.2321 ; -0.1669 ( Meeting Room , Hooley Lane , Earlswood ) Plymouth Brethren - This Brethren meeting room at the junction of Redstone Road and Hooley Lane has been registered for marriages since April 1971 . It is under the trusteeship of the main meeting hall for this area , at Whitmore Way in Horley
Meeting Room Earlswood 51°13′41″N 0°10′24″W / 51.2280°N 0.1732°W / 51.2280 ; -0.1732 ( Meeting Room , Woodlands Road , Earlswood ) Plymouth Brethren - This meeting room on Woodlands Road is also linked to the main meeting hall at Whitmore Way in Horley
St Andrew 's Church Gatton 51°15′39″N 0°10′25″W / 51.2608°N 0.1736°W / 51.2608 ; -0.1736 ( St Andrew 's Church , Gatton ) Anglican I The 13th-century church of the Gatton Park estate was rebuilt from its Perpendicular Gothic origins in the 18th century and again in 1834 , when Lord Monson commissioned E. Webb to redesign it as a picturesque Gothick composition . A covered path once ran from the north transept to the house . The tower rises in three stages and is very slim
St Margaret 's Church Hooley 51°17′32″N 0°09′39″W / 51.2923°N 0.1608°W / 51.2923 ; -0.1608 ( St Margaret 's Church , Hooley ) Anglican I Most parts of this large village church are 13th-century , and a blocked 12th-century window survives . The tower of 1631 straddles the crossing of the cruciform building , whose walls are of flint and stone . There is also some brickwork to the tower . Norman Shaw added the north aisle and some other parts in 1883 . Sir Edward Banks is commemorated by a monument inside
St Bartholomew 's Church Horley 51°10′11″N 0°10′33″W / 51.1698°N 0.1758°W / 51.1698 ; -0.1758 ( St Bartholomew 's Church , Horley ) Anglican I The church stands between the A23 Brighton Road and the River Mole and has 14th-century origins . Before the Reformation it was dedicated to St Mary the Virgin . The present appearance is attributable to Arthur Blomfield 's restoration ( called an obliteration by Ian Nairn ) in 1881 . The north doorway and north arcade retain their 14th-century appearances , though
St Francis ' Church Horley 51°10′15″N 0°09′27″W / 51.1708°N 0.1576°W / 51.1708 ; -0.1576 ( St Francis ' Church , Horley ) Anglican - The church was built on the Balcombe Road in 1958 as a combined worship centre and hall . The church section of the simple .mw-parser-output span.smallcaps { font-variant : small-caps } .mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller { font-size:85% } l -shaped building also has vestries to one side
St Wilfrid 's Church Horley 51°10′49″N 0°10′15″W / 51.1804°N 0.1707°W / 51.1804 ; -0.1707 ( St Wilfrid 's Church , Horley ) Anglican - Constructed of concrete in 1970 using the portal framing technique , the l -shaped building has a church section and a hall section which link together . There is an entrance on the south side and vestries to the west
Horley Baptist Church ( new building ) Horley 51°10′31″N 0°10′26″W / 51.1753°N 0.1739°W / 51.1753 ; -0.1739 ( Horley Baptist Church , Horley ) Baptist - Plans for the new church , replacing the smaller 1881 building , were revealed in 2012 . The church bought the former Court Lodge Primary School , demolished it and built a new church and care home in its place . Worship and activities took place in another building on the site and at Oakwood School while this happened in 2014-15 . The new two-storey church was designed by MEB Design Ltd , and building contractors Caldera Construction carried out the £1.75m building project . It was registered for marriages in November 2015
Horley Methodist Church Horley 51°10′22″N 0°10′03″W / 51.1727°N 0.1675°W / 51.1727 ; -0.1675 ( Horley Methodist Church , Horley ) Methodist - Horley 's first Methodist church belonged to the Primitive Methodists ; Wesleyans met in a room from 1909 then a hall from 1911 , and the Primitive Methodist congregation joined in the 1930s . Growth in the congregation by the late 1950s necessitated a new building - a cruciform structure which was opened on 11 June 1960
Gatwick Islamic Centre Horley 51°10′24″N 0°09′41″W / 51.1732°N 0.1613°W / 51.1732 ; -0.1613 ( Gatwick Islamic Centre , Horley ) Muslim - This mosque and community centre is operated by the Gatwick Bangladeshi Islamic Community Association . When it opened in September 2011 , it brought to an end a peripatetic 11-year period in which worshippers had used various rented halls and rooms in the town . The congregation is drawn from Horley and several neighbouring towns
Southlands Christian Church Horley 51°10′23″N 0°09′42″W / 51.1731°N 0.1616°W / 51.1731 ; -0.1616 ( Southlands Christian Church , Horley ) Non-denominational - Covenant Community Church International was founded in 2003 in Horley and took its present name the next year . The church occupied a building in nearby Salfords between 2007 and 2011 , but this was destroyed by fire and another former office building - this time on Horley High Street - is now used