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St Peter, Kennington Lane, Vauxhall

John Loughborough Pearson’s earliest vaulted urban parish church dating from 1863. Incongruously a city farm now comes right up to its walls.

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Our Immaculate Lady of Victories, Clapham Park Road (Roman Catholic)

Just off Clapham High Street and currently (November 2014) under external restoration. The church was built 1849-51 to designs by William Wardell. In 1886 the Lady Chapel was added against the north aisle by John Francis Bentley, he also added the large aisled North transept in 1892-95. His son Osmund Bentley added the chapel of St Gerald Majella in 1910. An outer south aisle was added in 1928-29 by Bernard Cox.

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St Stephen, St Stephen’s Terrace, South Lambeth

A replacement of 1969 by Norman Ashley Green for a church of 1860-61.It was extensively refurbished in 2006 with a new entrance and windows.

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St Barnabas, Guildford Road, Kennington (former) now Ekarro House

Made redundant in 1980 and converted to housing as Ekarro House. It was built in 1848-50 and designed by Isaac Clarke and James Humphreys.

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Pelham Mission, Lambeth Walk (Former) now Henry Moore Sculpture Studio (Morley College)

A Mission church, with an outside pulpit, of 1910 by Waring and Nicholson. It is now part of Morley College who bought it in 1977 and is now called the Henry Moore Sculpture Studio.

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St Mary, Albert Embankment, Lambeth (former), now The Museum of Garden History

Made redundant in 1972 and turned into the Museum of Garden History in 1979. the church is of the 1370s, but the body of the church was heavily rebuilt in 1851-52 by P.C. Hardwick

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St Patrick, Cornwall Road, Waterloo (Roman Catholic)

Built as part of a school, just behind St John’s Anglican church. It was designed by F.A. Walters and built in 1897. The church is on the upper floor.

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Lambeth Mission and St Mary, Lambeth Road

Replacing the old parish church on the other side of the tracks when it was made redundant in 1972. It was built as a Methodist church and mission in the 1950s and is now a partnership between the two.

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St Andrew, Short Street, Waterloo

This building of 2006 replaced a 1960s church. Within it is a small worship area.

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St Anne, Kennington Lane, Vauxhall (Roman Catholic)

Just up the road from St Peter’s Anglican church. It dates from 1903-07 and was designed by F.A. Walters. Inside a tall dark interior includes an ornate chancel and a large side requiem chapel with its own set of Stations that was not fitted out until 1928.