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St Peter and St Paul, Church Road, Bromley
At the north end of the town centre and like St Mark at the south end, destroyed but for its tower by 1941 bombing. The tower is medieval and the current church is by J. Harold Gibbons and dates from 1948-57. The apsidal children’s chapel is attached to the east of the tower and the main body of the church is to its south.
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Keston Church, Church Road, Keston
On its own, well south of the village and lacking a dedication. It is an early english church extended westwards by H. Blackwell in 1878.
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St George RAF Memorial Chapel, Main Road, Biggin Hill
This was built as a chapel for the , now closed, RAF camp. It replaced an earlier chapel that was destroyed by a fire in 1946. This chapel dates from 1951 and was designed by W.Wylton Todd. It is still used for regular Anglican and Roman Catholic sunday services. The glass in the nave is by Hugh Easton and that in the attached room is by Goddard & Gibbs.
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St Theresa of the Infant Jesus, Haig Road, Biggin Hill (Roman Catholic)
Near the Anglican church, but hidden down a side turning. It was originally built in 1930 as a hall/church but a separate hall was constructed in 1979 and the church was extended westwards in 1984
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St Mark, Church Road, Biggin Hill
Built 1957-59 incorporating much material from the redundant church of All saints, North Peckham. The vicar Vivian Symons transported much of the brickwork and nave roof to Biggin Hill. He also created the etched glass and much of the plate.
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St Francis of Assisi, Willett Way, Petts Wood
East of the station in a pleasantly wooded churchyard. The church dates from 1934-35 and was designed by Geoffrey Mullins.
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St James the Great, Lakeswood Road, Petts Wood (Roman Catholic)
Designed by W.R. Duck, a member of the congregation and built in 1962-63 to serve this smart suburb. The narthex was added in 1992. The previous church of 1939 remains as the parish hall at the east end of the church.
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Our Lady of the Crays, High Street, St Mary Cray (Roman Catholic)
At the opposite (southern) end of the High Street to the Anglican parish church. The present building replaced a church, called St Joseph, that had been built in 1959 by Donald Plaskett Marshall. All that remains of that building is the tower which has a new cap replacing a 60 foot high structure supporting a cross. Even at its current height the tower is a significant landmark. The current building supersedes both that and St Peter & St Paul at St Paul’s Cray which had been built after WW2 and was sold for a housing development in 2008. The new building is by Tomei and Mackley Partnership and was built in 2010-2011. The glass at the west end was apparently brought from India and installed in 2014.
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St Barnabas, Rushet Road, St Paul’s Cray
High up above the Cray in the middle of a large estate, over a mile from St Paulinus. The striking copper-roofed building is by E.F. Starling and dates from 1962-64. The adjacent hall was built as a hall church in 1953 and used as a church until the completion of the current building.
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London Churches in photographs 