St Mary, Cadogan Street, Chelsea (Roman Catholic)
By the leading RC architect John Francis Bentley 1877-78 but incorporating part of A.W.N. Pugin’s earlier church on the site. A church whose interior is far more satisfying than its exterior.
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St Luke, Sydney Street, Chelsea
An early and relatively scholarly gothic revival church. The designer was James Savage in 1820-24. The large east window is by Hugh Easton from 1959.
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St Columba, Pont Street, Knightsbridge (Church of Scotland)
The Church of Scotland’s premier London church opened in 1955, but begun in 1950, it was designed by Edward Maufe. It replaced a 19th-century church that was badly damaged by wartime bombing. The church is on the first floor and is impressively lofty. There is a memorial chapel to the London Scottish Regiment to the left of the sanctuary.
St Pancras New Church, Woburn Place, Euston
A Greek revival church designed by the Inwoods in 1819-1822. Opposite Euston station. The interior is rather dark as every window is filled with Clayton & Bell glass.
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St Michael, Camden Road, Camden Town
A church by Bodley & Garner built in 1880-81 (nave) and 1893-94 (chancel)
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St Mary, Eversholt Street
An early and very fanciful gothic revival church just up the road from Euston Station. Designed by W. & H.W. Inwood in 1822-1826. An enlarged chancel was added by Ewan Christian in 1888.
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All Saints, Camden Street, Camden Town (Greek Orthodox)
Built by W & H.W. Inwood 1822-24, but a Greek Orthodox Church since 1948 with a typical interior of giant chandeliers and an iconostasis in front of the altar.
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St Saviour, Eton Road, South Hampstead
A typical Victorian ragstone church a short way from Chalk Farm Station. It was built by E.M. Barry in 1855-56. The tower was added in 1864.
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St Mary, Bow Road, Bow
Surrounded on all sites by busy roads this is one of only two Tower Hamlets medieval churches.
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St Peter, Eaton Square, Belgravia
A classical church of 1827 by Henry Hakewill which has been impressively rebuilt behind the facade following fire damage in the 1990s.
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London Churches in photographs 