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Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas Moore, Cheyne Row, Chelsea (Roman Catholic)

Hidden away south of Kings Road this is a church of 1895 by George Goldie.

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St Simon Zelotes, Moore Street, Chelsea

Designed in 1858 by Joseph Peacock.

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St Saviour, Walton Street, Chelsea

Originally by George Basevi in 1840,  a north aisle by  E.P.Loftus Brock (1875) and most of the east end (pictured) by Ernest Geldart in 1890.

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St Mary, Cadogan Street, Chelsea (Roman Catholic)

By the leading RC architect John Francis Bentley 1877-78 but incorporating part of A.W.N. Pugin’s earlier church on the site. A church whose interior is far more satisfying than its exterior.

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St Luke, Sydney Street, Chelsea

An early and relatively scholarly gothic revival church. The designer was James Savage in 1820-24. The large east window is by Hugh Easton from 1959.

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