St Mark, Church Road, Biggin Hill
Built 1957-59 incorporating much material from the redundant church of All saints, North Peckham. The vicar Vivian Symons transported much of the brickwork and nave roof to Biggin Hill. He also created the etched glass and much of the plate.
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St Francis of Assisi, Willett Way, Petts Wood
East of the station in a pleasantly wooded churchyard. The church dates from 1934-35 and was designed by Geoffrey Mullins.
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St James the Great, Lakeswood Road, Petts Wood (Roman Catholic)
Designed by W.R. Duck, a member of the congregation and built in 1962-63 to serve this smart suburb. The narthex was added in 1992. The previous church of 1939 remains as the parish hall at the east end of the church.
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Our Lady of the Crays, High Street, St Mary Cray (Roman Catholic)
At the opposite (southern) end of the High Street to the Anglican parish church. The present building replaced a church, called St Joseph, that had been built in 1959 by Donald Plaskett Marshall. All that remains of that building is the tower which has a new cap replacing a 60 foot high structure supporting a cross. Even at its current height the tower is a significant landmark. The current building supersedes both that and St Peter & St Paul at St Paul’s Cray which had been built after WW2 and was sold for a housing development in 2008. The new building is by Tomei and Mackley Partnership and was built in 2010-2011. The glass at the west end was apparently brought from India and installed in 2014.
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St Barnabas, Rushet Road, St Paul’s Cray
High up above the Cray in the middle of a large estate, over a mile from St Paulinus. The striking copper-roofed building is by E.F. Starling and dates from 1962-64. The adjacent hall was built as a hall church in 1953 and used as a church until the completion of the current building.
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St Paulinus (Former), Main Road, St Paul’s Cray now Redeemed Christian Church of God
There are few medieval Pentecostal churches but this is one. It was the medieval parish church of St Paul’s Cray but was made redundant in 1977 and has been a centre for the elderly and offices before its current incarnation. Although heavily restored in 1856-61 it is at its heart a Saxon and Norman building.
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St Mary, High Street, St Mary Cray
In the old village away from the railway station, though very close to the viaduct this is a heavily restored 13th and 14th century parish church. Restorations took place in 1861-63, 1876 and 1895, the first by Edwin Nash.
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St Mark, Westmoreland Road, Bromley
Round the corner from Bromley South station. The church was built in 1897-98 by Evelyn Hellicar, the vicar’s son. WW2 damage left only the tower and arcades standing. It was rebuilt in 1953 by David Nye and Partners using plans by T.F.W. Grant.
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St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Downe
Above a road junction in the village centre. A medieval church restored in 1879 by Daniel Bell. Postwar glass by Evie Hone from 1950 in the east window and by local craftsman Keith Coleborn in the south wall from 1973 and 1986
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London Churches in photographs 