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The Chapel, Fulham Palace, Bishops Avenue, Fulham
This was the chapel for the Bishops of London when they occupied Fulham Palace up until 1973. The Palace and its grounds are now open to the public. The current chapel was designed by William Butterfield and built 1866-1867. Much of the polychromatic brickwork was obscured after WW2 by the murals painted by pupils at Byam Shaw Art School. The reredos is now on the entrance wall. The east window is by Ninian Comper , the rest by Clayton & Bell.
St Michael and All Angels (Former), Bogard Road, Woolwich now (Church of the Pentecost UK, Jubilee Temple)
Sold in 2014 to a Ghanaian church called Church of the Pentecost UK. It stands high above Woolwich Dockyard station, the chancel is by J.W. Walters dating from 1875 to which the large nave was added in 1887-1889 by William Butterfield. In 1955 Thomas F. Ford added an aisle and a transept. Inside the chancel has been blocked off to create an office and storage area, but wall decoration and screens are intact behind the wall. I suspect there is a reredos, too but it was inaccessible on my visit.
St Mary, St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe
In narrow streets between the Thames and the station, this is Rotherhithe’s old parish church. The medieval church was replaced over the period 1714-1747 by this classical building attributed to John James and Lawrence Dowbiggin (Tower). A restoration was carried out in 1876 by William Butterfield.
Holy Innocents, Kingsbury Lane, Kingsbury Green
A small church of 1883-84, raised above the road, by William Butterfield. A narthex and northern aisle were added in 1957
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St Mary Brookfield, Dartmouth Park Hill, Dartmouth Park
High up the hill, a church by William Butterfield from 1869-75, the chancel was added in 1881 by W.C. Street.
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All Saints, Uxbridge Road, Harrow Weald
Set well back from the road between Stanmore and Harrow Weald. This church started as a chancel of 1842 designed by J.T. Harrison. Nave and aisles were added by William Butterfield in 1845. In 1889-92 he took down the north aisle and added a new gabled aisle and tower. A west gallery was added in the late fifties and the west window blocked. Removal of paint in 2013 uncovered a painted and tiled decorative scheme by Butterfield in the chancel.
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St Mathias, Mathias Road, Stoke Newington
One of William Butterfield’s major works, dating from 1849-53. There was severe war damage to the church whose rebuilding was completed in 1954. The interior is now relatively simply decorated with much post war glass and the sanctuary brought forward under the tower.
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All Hallows, Church Lane, Tottenham
The ancient parish church of Tottenham. The tower is 14th century with an 18th century top. The south porch is late 14th century, the south aisle late 15th century. The north aisle dates from 1816 and the east end of 1875-1777 by William Butterfield. The nave roof and much of the decoration is by Butterfield too.
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St John the Baptist, High Barnet
A large church at the end of the High Street in Chipping Barnet town centre. A medieval church was greatly extended with a large nave, chancel, tower and south aisle added by William Butterfield in 1871-75. The fleche was added by J.C. Traylen in 1893, he also designed the pulpit, font and bench ends.
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St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
A late William Butterfield church of 1883. It sits on a hilltop above Enfield and near the Ridgeway. The chancel was decorated in 1897 with designs by Nathaniel Westlake and Charles Buckeridge. It was restored in 2012 and presents a great contrast with the rather plain nave. Much of the stained glass was designed by Butterfield and made by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.
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London Churches in photographs 