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Our Lady & St Christopher, High Street, Cranford (Roman Catholic)

Behind the presbytery which is next door to Holy Angels, the Anglican church. This is a building of 1969-71 by Gerard Goalen.

        
   
   
   
 

St Thomas More, Maresfield Gardens, Swiss Cottage (Roman Catholic)

Built in 1968-69 and designed by Gerard Goalen. The elliptical shape is rather hidden behind other buildings. New ancillary buildings have recently been added next to the steps up to the church.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

St Gregory the Great, Victoria Road, South Ruislip (Roman Catholic)

On the main road towards Ruislip, an oval church of 1965-1967 by Gerald Goalen. The baptistry glass is by Patrick Reyntiens, the other windows were added in 1987-1989 and are dalle de verre by Charles Norris.

 

St Gabriel, Holloway Road, Upper Holloway (Roman Catholic)

Designed by Gerard Goalen 1966-68. The blank wall towards the road is to cut out traffic noise from the busy Holloway Road.

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Holy Trinity and St Augustine, Holloway Road, Harrow Green, Leytonstone

Hidden away in modern low-rise housing. It was designed by Gerard Goalen in 1973 and replaced two 19th-century churches demolished in the early 1970s. The side chapel has stained glass from the former St Augustine, Haggerston. The outside is almost windowless at street level and rather forbidding, but inside there is natural light from above. The floor slopes slightly from the rear down to the chancel. There are some unusual Stations of the Cross, which are awkward to picture well, owing to their reflective picture frames