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Chapel, Sacred Heart Girls School RC, Hammersmith Road, Hammersmith
Built as a convent, begun in 1876 with use as a school since 1893, the chapel dates from 1884 and designed by John Francis Bentley. Its cloister features a large series of paintings (partly restored) by Mother Maycock dating from 1902-1904. The current orienation with the sanctuary at the south end is a reversal of the original layout. The Lady Chapel was originally the organ chamber.
Charing Cross Hospital Chapel, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith
In the south wing on the ground floor, it is part of the redevelopment of 1973 by Ralph Tubbs. The 3rd and 4th stained glass windows (chapel entrance) were designed by John Piper and made by Patrick Reyntiens, the first two in the sanctuary are by Alfred Fisher.
St Augustine, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith (Roman Catholic)
Just south of the Hammersmith flyover, a church of 1915 by Robert L.Curtis. The painted Stations of the Cross were being re-lettered during my visit.
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St Mary (former), Stamford Brook Road, Hammersmith
Built in 1886 and designed by Charles J. Gladman. It was converted into housing in 1986.
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St Andrew Bobola, Leysfield Road, Hammersmith (Roman Catholic)
This is a Polish Roman Catholic church that began life in 1870 as a Presbyterian church designed by Edmund Woodthorpe. It was adapted to Roman Catholic use in 1961 by Alexander P. Klecki with the addition then and subsequently of much stained glass, a north aisle and chapels and many memorials and striking Stations of the Cross.
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St John the Evangelist, Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith
A short way north of the town centre and now in grounds of Godolphyn and Latimer School. The church is still consecrated but not in public use. It was designed by William Butterfield and built in 1857-59.
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St Peter, Black Lion Lane, Hammersmith
Hammersmith’s oldest church in a pleasant, but for the Great West Road on one side, backwater at the west end of the town. It is by Edward Lapidge 1827-29 and was subject to a major restoration finished in 2016. The area under the gallery is divided off as a hall space.
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Holy Trinity, Brook Green, Hammersmith
A large church at the south end of the attractive Brook Green. It is by William Wardell, 1851-53 with the spire added in 1867 by C.F. Hansom and the west porch added by A.J.C. Scoles in 1872.
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St Paul, Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith
The parish church for Hammersmith town centre. It is on something approaching a traffic island on three sides, with the fourth made up of the elevated M4 passing a few feet away. It is a large church of 1882 by H. Roumieu Gough and J.P. Seddon. recent restoration has seen the addition of a large western extension with offices and a cafe and an emptying of much of the church’s furnishings in favour of a modern evangelical style.
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Holy Innocents, Paddenswick Road, Hammersmith
Designed by James Brooks in 1887 and built 1889-91. In 1991 the church was divided horizontally and vertically with the western end becoming halls and a nursery, leaving the transepts and chancel as the church space. The Lady Chapel at the eastern end of the south transept was also removed. Older halls to the south-east were replaced by housing. The interior is still typically Brooks and contains a huge baldacchino by Ernest Geldart and glass designed by Henry Holliday.
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