Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, St Elmos Road, Surrey Docks (Roman Catholic)
In the middle of the regenerated area of Surrey Docks, this is a church of 1987 by Gerald Murphy of Burles, Newton and Partners.
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St Mary, St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe
In narrow streets between the Thames and the station, this is Rotherhithe’s old parish church. The medieval church was replaced over the period 1714-1747 by this classical building attributed to John James and Lawrence Dowbiggin (Tower). A restoration was carried out in 1876 by William Butterfield.
Holy Trinity, Rotherhithe Street, Rotherhithe
At the eastern end of Rotherhithe near the City Farm. It is a replacement for a war-damaged early 19th-century building. It dates from 1960 and is by Thomas F. Ford. The east end features a mural of the risen Christ by Hans Feibusch. My visit in mid-November coincided with remedial work on some of the concrete pillars so part of the church was screened off, the organ encased and the Lady Chapel used as a furniture store, Views from May2019 show the building in its true state.
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St Peter and the Guardian Angels, Paradise Street, Rotherhithe (Roman Catholic)
Now largely surrounded by parkland, this is an F.W. Tasker church of 1902.
Finnish Seaman’s Church, Albion Street, Rotherhithe (Lutheran)
Under 200 metres from the Norwegian Seaman’s Church, this is a small worship area on the ground floor of a Finnish community resource. It dates from 1958 and is by Yorke, Rosenberg and Mardell.
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St Olave Norwegian Seaman’s Church, Lower Road, Rotherhithe (Lutheran)
Next to the entrance road to the Rotherhithe Tunnel but fronted since 2017 by a very pleasant new garden, this is one of several seaman’s missions built in connection with the Surrey Docks. The church space is at the far end from the entrance which gives onto communal areas that can accommodate overspill on busy occasions. It was built in 1927 by John L. Seaton Dahl.
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St Mary, Kennington Park Road, Newington
The tower and part of the west front of J Fowler’s war-damaged 1876 church front the street, behind which stands the current church of 1957-58 by A. Llewellyn-Smith.
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Cathedral of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, London Bridge, Southwark
Raised to Cathedral status in 1905. It was an Augustinian Priory that was rebuilt in the 13th century, although a small amount of Norman work remains. In the 1818-23 George Gwilt junior restored the chancel and tower and the retrochoir in 1833 with Robert Wallace restoring the transepts in 1830. The easternmost part of the building was lost to road widening on the approach to London Bridge in 1830. The nave of 1890-97 by Arthur Blomfield replaced a building of 1839 that itself had replaced the ruinous medieval nave.
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St George, Borough High Street, Southwark
This church, prominently sited at a road junction but overshadowed by The Shard, is by John Price and dates from 1734-36, when it replaced a medieval building. The huge ceiling decoration is by Basil Champneys and dates from 1897. It was restored by T.F. Ford after WW2 damage.
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Cathedral of St George, St George’s Road, Southwark (Roman Catholic)
The original building was by A.W.N. Pugin and dated from 1841-48, but was under-financed and never completed to Pugin’s vision. However WW2 brought severe damage leaving only the aisle walls and east end, the rest is a post-war rebuilding by Romilly Craze from 1953 to 1966. Some Pugin fittings survive in the Blessed Sacrament chapel and the Knill chantry is by E.W. Pugin. Craze’s design added a clerestory and a new Lady Chapel.
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London Churches in photographs 