St Paul, Dock Street (former)
Built as a seaman’s mission in 1846-47 by Henry Roberts, it became a parish church in 1864 and a nursery in 2002.
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St Mary and St Joseph, Upper North Street, Poplar (Roman Catholic)
Built to replace a war damaged church. It is a bulky massive church of 1954 by Adrian Gilbert Scott. Inside there is a big central lantern and a built-in pulpit. The glass is by William Wilson and mainly from 1960.
St Saviour, Northumbria St, Poplar (former) now housing
Designed by F.J. and H. Francis and built in 1873-74, made redundant in 1976 but burnt out in 2007. It remained as a shell on the edge of Bartlett Park when I visited in 2013. A repeat visit in 2025 found it converted into housing. Applications for new surrounding housing and conversion of the church were made in 2013 but work does not seem to have started until around 2019/2020.
2025 Converted to housing
2013 Derelict post fire
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Guardian Angels, Mile End Road, Mile End, E3 4QS (Roman Catholic)
Facing on to the Mile End Road next to the green bridge that carries Mile End Park across the road. Built in 1901-02 by F.A. Walters. The nave is dominated by a large immersion baptistry.
Our Lady and St Catherine, Bow Road, Bow (Roman Catholic)
Over the road from the Anglican Bow Church. It was formerly a convent church. Designed by Gilbert Blount in 1869-70. The transept was added in 1882 by A.E. Purdie.
All Hallows, Devons Road, Bow
A church of 1873-74 by Ewan Christian, badly damaged in WW2 and rebuilt 1954-55 by A.P. Robinson of Caroe and Partners. At the rebuilding, the chancel was refurbished as the worship space and divided off by a glass screen from the nave which became a hall. To cope with increased use the nave is now, again, the worship space but facing the south wall, and the chancel is used for a variety of purposes. Outside the wall around the east end has been replaced by a narrow curved public cafe added since my visit in 2013. That set of images is retained at the end as a comparison with the current look of the church.
2013
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Holy Name and Our Lady Vietnamese Chaplaincy, Bow Common (Roman Catholic)
A church by F.A. Walters dating from 1893-94, war damaged and rebuilt in 1957-58 by David Stokes.
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St Paul, St Paul’s Way, Bow Common, E3 4AR
An iconic church of the liturgical movement, built 1956-60 by Robert Maguire and Keith Murray to replace a bombed church. It is currently (September 2014) suffering from ceiling problems, hence the temporary altar and low screen in front of the central one. The
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St James the Less, St James Avenue, Bethnal Green
The church was by Lewis Vulliamy in 1842 but reconstructed by J. Antony Lewis in 1960-61 within the side walls after war damage. The west end glass is by Keith New.
St Paul and St Stephen, St Stephen’s Road, Old Ford
Originally by Newman and Billing and dating from 1873-78. It was disused from 1993 to 2003 when it was converted to a variety of uses by Matthew Lloyd Architects who inserted a large multi floored structure into the building retaining the chancel and nave east end as a worship space. At some point the top of the tower was lost.
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