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Our Lady of Lourdes and St Vincent de Paul, Harrow Road, Maida Hill
A forbidding-looking church and social centre on the busy Harrow Road. It was designed by Clive Broad and was built 1973-75, The lower set of exteriors shows the church in December 2014, the upper set in January 2023 with some external refurbishment.
January 2023
December 2014
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St John the Evangelist, Harrow Road, Kensal Green
On a busy crossroads, a neo Norman church of 1844 by H.E. Kendall. A small apsidal chancel was added by A. Billing in 1903.
December 2014
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St Mark, Hamilton Terrace, St John’s Wood
The nave is by Thomas Cundy II from 1846-47, the spire was completed in 1864 and rebuilt in 1955. The chancel and porches were added by Benjamin Ferrey in 1866-78. The images below are from late 2014. Late on 26 January 2023, the church caught fire (cause unknown) and is currently a burnt-out shell. The remains are stable, but its future is unknown as of January 2023. The set of post-fire images further down, were taken on 31 January 2023.
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St Martin, Mortimer Road, Kensal Rise
Side on to a suburban road just around the corner from Kensal Rise station. It is a typical church by J.E.K. and J.P. Cutts dating from 1899. It was built as a memorial to C.J. Vaughan, headmaster of Harrow School. Much of the glass installed from 1910-1930 is by Henry Payne and his assistants.
St Peter, Elgin Avenue, Paddington
A small church built as part of a community complex. It is by Biscoe & Stanton and dates from 1974-77, replacing a 19th century church.
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St Anne, Laxton Place, Euston (Demolished)
Opposite the east end of St Mary Magdalene, Munster Square, a small circular church of 1970 by Scott and Jaques replacing a 1930s building. It was disused for some years as a Roman Catholic church but was latterly used by an Ethiopian Orthodox congregation. It was demolished and replaced by a new secular building in 2019 .
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Our Lady, Lisson Grove, St John’s Wood (Roman Catholic)
An early Catholic church 0f 1833-36 designed by J.J. Scoles. Thr teansepts were originally living qurters but were converted into chapels in 1937 by Nicholas & Dixon Spain.
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St John, Park Road, St John’s Wood
Opposite Lord’s cricket ground it was built 1813, architect Thomas Hardwick. The galleries were enclosed in the 1930s.
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St Matthew, Norwood High Street, West Norwood (Roman Catholic)
Built 1904-05 and attributed to F.W. Tasker. It was extended eastwards in 1937 and the west end was rebuilt 1949-50 after WW2 damage. The architect for this was D. Plaskett Marshall. The interior was re-orientated along the long north side in 1972 and the narthex on the south side was added in 1984, the architect being Derek Philips.
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St Luke, West Norwood
On a prominent sloping site above the town centre. The church (one of the Waterloo churches) is by Francis Bedford, 1822. A chancel (now blocked off) and arcades were added by G.E. Street in 1872-73.
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London Churches in photographs 