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Chapel, Highgate School, North Road, Highgate
This is the chapel of an independent school at the top of Highgate Hill. It was built as part of extensive new buildings by F.P. Cockerell in 1865-1867. The apse decoration is by Heaton, Butler & Bayne dating from 1889. There is a small churchyard from the predecessor building which was used as as an Anglican chapel until St Michael’s church was built in 1831.
St Michael, South Grove, Highgate
A church of 1831-32 by Lewis Vulliamy, it replaced a chapel of ease and was built on the site of the demolished Ashurst House. In 1878 a chancel was added by G.E. Street. The east window glass of 1954 by Evie Hone replaces a war-damaged Kempe window, whose remains are now in the north chapel east window. The reredos and the redecoration of the sanctuary are by Temple Moore in 1903. There are a few 18th-century monuments from the old chapel.
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St Anne Brookfield, Highgate West Hill
Up the road from Parliament Hill Fields, this is a typical mid-century suburban church of 1852-53 designed by George Plunkett.
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St Joseph, Highgate Hill, Highgate (Roman Catholic)
A huge domed church facing up Highgate Hill and next to Waterlow Park. It was designed by Albert Vicars and built in 1887-89 replacing a building constructed only 25 years earlier.
All Saints, Church Road, Highgate
A church of 1864 by A.W. Blomfield with a south aisle added in 1874 and a north aisle in 1912 by J. Stockdale. WW2 damage followed by a fire damaged much of the structure and stained glass and much of the interior and roof were rebuilt in the 1950s. The north aisle has been walled off as a hall, offices, kitchens and toilets, but retains its contemporary early 20th-century stained glass. On my visit, the vicar showed us some old photos which I have copied and added at the end to show the pre-WW2 and then the damaged and restored interior.
London Churches in photographs 