Cathedral of St George, Church Street, Enfield (Romanian Orthodox)
On the edge of the town centre, this was built as St Paul’s Presbyterian Church in 1901. It remained with the United Reformed Church on amalgamation in 1972 and was later used as a community hall called St Paul’s Centre. In 2023 it was acquired from the URC by the Romanian Orthodox church to become their principal church in the UK.
Our Lady of Sorrows, Cirencester St, Paddington (Roman Catholic)
An unusual building of 1912 next to a school which had its hall built on top in 1916. The east end was damaged by fire in 1966 and rebuilt and refurnished during 1967. Until 2023 it was also home to a Lebanese Maronite community. Some of their art is still here but they now worship in the other church in the parish in Harrow Road.
Christ Church, Poverest Road, Orpington (Evangelical Lutheran Church of England)
On top of a hill well out of the centre of Orpington this is a church of the 1960s or 1970s, architect unknown..
Chapel, West Middlesex Hospital, Twickenham Road, Isleworth
A multi-faith prayer room in the centre of a sprawling site. The left hand side has some seating and a communion table and aumbry behind a curtain.
Chapel, Barnet Hospital, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet
About a kilometre west of the town centre, it was built by construction company Bouygues and opened in 2002. The chapel is part of a multi-faith worship space with an altar pushed into a corner
Chapel, Chase Farm Hospital, The Ridgeway, Gordon Hill
Built in 2019 to replace the rundown 19th century with later additions buildings on the same site. The multi-faith worship area is on the 1st floor and apart from an altar, lectern and tabernacle has little to show.
Chapel, Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road, Mile End
On the first floor of a hospital built and extended over many dates since the 1850s. The chapel has few features.
Chapel, Whipps Cross Hospital, Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone
On the first floor of a hospital built in 1900-1903 to designs by Francis J. Sturdy. It has lost many of its original furnishings. About a quarter of the large space has been partitioned off as a separate Muslim prayer room. The two lancet stained glass windows are on the staircase leading up to the chapel corridor.
Chapel, St Helier Hospital, Wrythe Green, St Helier
A simple multi-faith space. On the ground floor of a hospital built from 1938 and designed by Saxon, Snell & Phillips.
Chapel, Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Belmont
A large cancer hospital at the southern end of the London Borough of Sutton started in 1963 The chapel is on the ground floor and is a rather simple space now used as a multi-faith facility. There are purpose built pulpit and altar, the latter under a light well.
London Churches in photographs 