St Peter & St Paul, Church Approach, Cudham
High up on the edge of a scattered village in the south of Bromley borough. It has a Norman nave and a 13th century chancel, 14th century north aisle and a south chancel chapel. It was restored in 1846 and 1891-92, the latter by Ewan Christian.
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All Souls, Rushmore Hill, Pratts Bottom
A small village south of Chelsfield and the busy A21, just inside the border with Kent. This is a very simple building from the late 19th/early 20th century.
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St Martin of Tours, Chelsfield
One of Bromley’s rural churches. Three quarters of a mile east of the station and surrounded by fields. A Norman church restored in 1857 by E. Nash . The east lancet glass is by Moira Forsyth and there is a Christopher Whall window in the chancel from 1911.
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The Ascension, Malwood Road, Balham
Not far from Clapham South station near Balham Hill. It dates from 1883-90 and is by Arthur Cawston. It was set up for a toddler group when I visited in 2018, and the west end was inaccessible due to heating work being undertaken. A revisit in 2023 (upper set) saw the whole church open with the nave used as a coffee shop, the Lady Chapel as a clothing exchange and the baptistry as a refill and reuse point.
November 2023
January 2017
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Holy Ghost, Nightingale Square, Balham (Roman Catholic)
In a corner of this residential square, some way north of the town centre. It dates from 1897 and is by Leonard Stokes.
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St Luke, Ramsden Road, Battersea
As close to Balham as much as Battersea. It stands out from some way off, above the sea of suburban villas between the two. It was designed by F.W. Hunt and built 1883-89 with the chancel and tower added in 1892 and the baptistery in 1899. The interior is a fine collection of contemporary fittings, including very early electric light fittings of 1903. The Lady chapel was refitted by Martin Travers in 1924-27, he also designed the font cover.. Most of the glass is by Powells.
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St Michael, Cobham Close, Wandsworth Common
Very near Wandsworth Common, this is a church and former school of 1881 by William White. It was built as a memorial to Rev H.B. Verdon and Philip Cazenove, all the money raised by their friends. The stained glass is, apart from the south chapel, by Lavers, Barraud & Westlake.
St Barnabas, Lavenham Road, Southfields
On the corner of Merton Road, some way east of the underground station. This is a church of 1906-08 by C. Ford Whitcombe. The coloured glass gives the interior a very odd green wash effect on a sunny day.
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St Michael, Wimbledon Park Road, Southfields
A large street corner church in suburbia north of Southfields underground station. The church is by E.W. Mountford of 1896-97, with the east end added in 1905. The north side is masked by a large extension containing a cafe.
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Our Lady and St Peter, Victoria Drive, Wimbledon Park (Roman Catholic)
A suburban church of 1971 by Tomei Mackley & Pound.
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London Churches in photographs 