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Chapel, Sacred Heart Girls School RC, Hammersmith Road, Hammersmith

Built as a convent, begun in 1876 with use as a school since 1893, the chapel dates from 1884 and designed by John Francis Bentley. Its cloister features a large series of paintings (partly restored) by Mother Maycock dating from 1902-1904. The current orienation with the sanctuary at the south end is a reversal of the original layout. The Lady Chapel was originally the organ chamber.

St Sava, Green Man Passage, West Ealing (Free Serbian Orthodox)

A small church fronting a footpath just north of West Ealing Broadway. It was consecrated in 1983.

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, Petts Wood (Evangelical Lutheran Church of England)

On top of a hill in suburbia about a mile east of Petts Wood town centre this is a church of the 1960s, 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.