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St Mary Magdalene, North Worple Way, Mortlake (Roman Catholic)

Hidden away down a driveway in a back street near the railway line. It dates from 1852 and is by Gilbert Blount. The church hides Mortlake Roman Catholic Cemetery where architects J.F. Bentley, Leonard Stokes and Henry Clutton are buried. It also features the stone tent memorial to explorer Sir Richard Burton.

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Our Lady of Dolours, Egerton Gardens, Hendon (Roman Catholic)

Built in 1863 and designed by Gilbert Blount, in 1927 its orientation was reversed and a new chancel and transepts built to designs by T.H.B. Scott.

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Our Lady and St Catherine, Bow Road, Bow (Roman Catholic)

Over the road from the Anglican Bow Church. It was formerly a convent church. Designed by Gilbert Blount in 1869-70. The transept was added in 1882 by A.E. Purdie.

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St Anne, Underwood Road, Spitalfields (Roman Catholic)

Built as part of a complex in 1853-55 by Gilbert Blount, with the east end completed in 1894.

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St Nicholas, Gladding Road, Manor Park (Roman Catholic)

Apse end on to the road, with a nursery in the lower storey this is a church of 1869-70 by Gilbert Blount.

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Our Lady of the Rosary and St Dominic, Haverstock Hill (Roman Catholic)

A vast church, the foundations were designed by Gilbert Blount but the body of the church was designed by Charles Alban Buckler 1874-83. The outer aisles are separately gabled and each is a side chapel representing one of the mysteries of the Rosary, just a selection of the glass, altar and decoration are shown.