St John the Baptist (Croydon MInster), Church Street, Croydon
Croydon parish church, but in a backwater away from the main shopping area. The old church was destroyed by fire in 1867. The current church is a rebuild with an eastward extension, by George Gilbert Scott in 1870. All that remains from the old church is the south porch and the tower, apart from the pinnacles which were added by Scott. The former palace of the Archbishops of Canterbury is at the east end of the churchyard and several of them are commemorated in the church.
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All Saints, The Chase, Cranham
Down a narrow lane on the edge of the Essex marshes. Cranham church is about as remote as you get in Greater London. The church stands near to Cranham Hall. It was designed by Richard Armstrong in 1873. There are some monuments from the previous medieval church and glass largely by Hardman.
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St James, Clerkenwell
Designed in 1788-1992 by James Carr on Clerkenwell Green.
Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell
An unusual renaissance church from J.D. Sedding (1887-88) and Henry Wilson (1892-95).
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St John the Baptist, Clay Hill
A small chapel on the northern edge of London with open country to most sides. Built by J.P St Aubyn in 1857.
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St Dunstan in the West, Fleet Street
On the western edge of the City Of London. This octagonal church is by John Shaw and dates from 1831.
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Christchurch, Commercial Street, Spitalfields, E1 6LY
This is one of Nicholas Hawksmoor’s great east London churches built 1714-1729. It closed in 1957 and fell into dereliction and under threat of demolition. However, campaigns to save it began and the building was restored and brought back into use as a church between 1987 and 2004. Subsequently, the crypt (final four images) has also been restored to provide halls, offices and a cafe. It is close to Liverpool Street Station behind Spitalfields market.
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Annunciation, High Street, Chislehurst
A James Brooks church from 1868-70 in the middle of Chislehust High Street. The tower is virtually detached and stands at an angle to the eastern end of the church. Much decoration by Westlake inside the church.
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St Simon Zelotes, Moore Street, Chelsea
Designed in 1858 by Joseph Peacock.
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St Saviour, Walton Street, Chelsea
Originally by George Basevi in 1840, a north aisle by E.P.Loftus Brock (1875) and most of the east end (pictured) by Ernest Geldart in 1890.
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London Churches in photographs 