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St George, Castle Way, Hanworth

At the edge of Hanworth Park. The north and south nave walls remain from a church of 1812 by James Wyatt but are subsumed in a church of 1865 by S.S. Teulon. Photography is frowned upon here

          
   
   
   
   

St Stephen, Parkside Road, Hounslow

In residential streets near Hounslow Station, some way from the town centre. This is a church of 1875-76 by Habershon & Pite to which a large tower was added in 1935 by N.F. Cachemaille-Day.

St Dunstan, Gunnersbury Avenue, Gunnersbury (Roman Catholic)

A small church of 1931 by T.H.B. Scott. built as part of a complex with the former Roman Catholic church next door.

   
   

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs, Harvard Road, Gunnersbury (Russian Orthodox Church Abroad)

Above the railway cutting south of Gunnersbury Station. The cathedral was built in 1999 in the grounds of a house that had previously been used for worship. The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad is a separate body from the state approved Russian Orthodox Church whose Cathedral is in Kensington.

 
   
   
   
   
   
   

St Nicholas, Church Street, Chiswick

The old parish church of Chiswick, very close to the Thames and a kilometre south of the modern town centre and the busy Great South West Road. It sits at one end of a large churchyard. The west tower is 15th century but the rest of the church was rebuilt by J.L. Pearson in 1882-84. The chancel includes three windows by William Burges from an incomplete rebuilding of 1861.

           
   
   
   
   
   
      

St Michael, Elmwood Road, Chiswick

A suburban church just south of the busy Great West Road. It is by W.D. Caroe and dates from 1908-09

 

St Joseph, Bolton Road, Grove Park, Chiswick (Roman Catholic)

Replacing a house used for worship, which became the presbytery, this is a church of 1959-60 by Donald Plaskett Marshall. An entrance area was added in the 199os by Eckhard Weisner

             
   
   
   
   
   
   

St Paul, Grove Park Road, Chiswick

Grove Park is a Victorian suburb south of Chiswick railway station.  This church was designed by H. Currey and built in 1872. The apse stained glass is by M.E. Aldrich Rope.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

St Michael and All Angels, Bath Road, Bedford Park, Chiswick

Bedford Park is an early garden suburb and this church dating from 1879-80 is one of its landmark buildings. The architect was Richard Norman Shaw. In 1887 a matching hall and north aisle were added by Maurice Adams.

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

Our Lady of Grace and St Edward, Chiswick High Road, Chiswick (Roman Catholic)

In the middle of the town centre, a large very red building of 1904 by Kelly and Birchall. The tower was added by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1930.