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Chapel, Barnet Hospital, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet
About a kilometre west of the town centre, it was built by construction company Bouygues and opened in 2002. The chapel is part of a multi-faith worship space with an altar pushed into a corner
St Barnabas, High Road, North Finchley, N12 8QJ
This building has replaced St Barnabas, Woodside Park about a kilometre away. The congregation moved to this large converted office block in September 2018, with conversion having begun in November 2017. Inside there are several floors of facilities as well as a worship area off the foyer. Inside the war memorial screen, some brass memorials, the font and the east window glass are preserved from the Holden Road church. The screen now has a painted backdrop of poppies by Joy Girvin and the glass (Goddard & Gibbs) is displayed in a lightbox on a lower floor.
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St Margaret Clitherow, Grahame Park (Roman Catholic)
At the southern end of the central area of the Grahame Park Estate. It dates from 1973 and was built by Lanner Construction, after a design by Steel Bretman & Partners.
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St Augustine, Great Field, Grahame Park
At the north end of this estate’s central area. As the area is redeveloped this church is due for demolition and replacement around 2019. This building dates from 1975 and was designed by Biscoe & Stanton.
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St Philip the Apostle, Gravel Hill, Finchley (Roman Catholic)
A typical church by T.H.B Scott dating from 1933. T.H.G. Scott added three bays to the west end of the nave in 1959-60.
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St Alphage, Montrose Avenue, Burnt Oak
Tha Anglican church for the Watling Estate, just off the broadway. It is a very long basilica by Charles Nicholas and J.E. Dixon-Spain and dating from 1927. The west front was added in 1952 following WW2 damage.
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The Annunciation, Thirleby Road, Burnt Oak (Roman Catholic)
Built in 1928 to serve the Huge Watling estate. The architect was T.H.B. Scott.
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St Andrew, Lynford Gardens/Beulah Close, Edgware
A suburban hall/church of 1937 whose architect is unknown, it lies well to the north of the town centre. During the week it is in use as a nursery.
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St Peter, One Stonegrove, Edgware
A church was built in 1962 to serve the high-rise Stonegrove estate. Since 2016 the estate and church have been demolished and replaced with a low rise development designed by Sprunt and built by Barratts. As part of this a joint church and community centre called One Stonegrove has been built that contains a hall used for services and a very small chapel (the interiors shown) behind it.
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St Anthony of Padua, Garratt Road, Edgware (Roman Catholic)
In a quiet street behind the town centre, this was a three bay church of 1913, architect unknown, to which a further three bays were added in 1931. Burles and Newton added a chancel in 1956-1958.
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London Churches in photographs 