Chapel, Northwick Park Hospital, near Harrow
In the main building of this hospital designed by Llewelyn-Davies & Weeks and built from the 1960s. The chapel has a balcony area connected by staircase to the main chapel on the lower floor.
St Mary’s Chapel, Whittington Hospital, Highgate Hill, Archway
Little more than a room with a few furnishings and some plaques from an older chapel. ir opened in 1987.
Bethlem Royal Hospital chapel, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham
The hospital which deals with mental illness moved here in 1930 from what is now the Imperial War Museum. A freestanding chapel just inside the entrance gates was built. The architects were Elcock & Sutcliffe with the chapel being designed by Ralph Maynard Smith. Despite damage in 1944 there are several period fittings extant. One corner at the back is now a small Muslim prayer area but the building retains more traditional church fittings than many hospital chapels.
Chapel, St John and St Elizabeth Hospital, Grove End Road, St John’s Wood (Roman Catholic)
A private hospital and hospice (though containing an NHS GP service). The chapel was moved from previous premises in Great Portland Street and reconstructed here within new buildings. The chapel dates from 1864 and is by George Goldie rebuilt here by Edward Goldie 1898-1902.
Chapel, Croydon University Hospital, London Road, Croydon
A free standing building in a garden at the rear of the hospital on Woodcroft Road. It is now a multi faith space but still Christian in general look and feel with a sanctuary and stained glass.
St Andrew, Whitby Road, South Ruislip (Evangelical Lutheran Church of England)
Next to a parade of suburban shops between South Ruislip and Eastcote. It is a small post-war community type hall.
St John (Former), Eardley Street, Streatham (under conversion to housing)
The predecessor of Holy Redeemer a short way away and very obvious from Streatham Common station.. It was built in 1908 and was used as a church until Holy Redeemer’s hall was opened for worship in 1928. In more recent years it has been used as industrial and commercial premises, but is now (October 2024) being converted into housing. The architect seems to be unrecorded.
Chapel, Highgate School, North Road, Highgate
This is the chapel of an independent school at the top of Highgate Hill. It was built as part of extensive new buildings by F.P. Cockerell in 1865-1867. The apse decoration is by Heaton, Butler & Bayne dating from 1889. There is a small churchyard from the predecessor building which was used as as an Anglican chapel until St Michael’s church was built in 1831.
St James (Former) and Cambridge Hall (former), now T.S. Bicester, Cambridge Avenue, Kilburn Park
In 1862, a local land developer called James Bailey granted a lease to the Rev. Woodhouse and the Trustees of Cambridge Road Chapel to build an ‘iron church’ for Church of England worship. A tin tabernacle called St James was built in 1863 as a temporary church. It became part of the “Free Church of England” but by 1875 it had passed to the Congregational Church. In 1894 it was taken over by a Christian group who renamed it Cambridge Hall. It was also used for wider community use but was due to close in 1939.
In 1948 it was leased to the Willesden Sea Cadets Unit and renamed the Lord Lloyd Memorial Hall. During the 1950s and 1960s they fitted it out fit to represent a naval ship and it became Training Ship Bicester. The “ships chapel” is fitted out with remains of a set from the 1964 film “Beckett”.
St Mary & St John, Wickham Court, Layhams Road, West Wickham (Coptic Orthodox)
Wickham Court is a medieval house with later additions for a school and convent. The Coptic congregation began in Elmers End in 2007 and established a church in one of the galleries in 2023 along with a church centre in other parts of the building. Some of the site has been converted for housing with the main house and other buildings at the road end undergoing work in July 2024.
London Churches in photographs 