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St Augustine (Former), Lillie Road, Fulham (Demolished, former Mission Church now a Day Nursery)
There were two buildings on this site. The church by J.E.K. and J.P. Cutts dated from 1899 but was destroyed by WW2 bombing in October 1940. It had superseded a mission church of 1891-1892 which had been retained as a hall and which became the church. It closed in 1997 and was made redundant and is now a day nursery. The church site is now occupied by housing
St Simon, Rockley Road, Shepherds Bush
Just behind the Shepherds Bush shopping centre, a church of 1879-86 by Arthur Blomfield. The west end at ground floor level has been divided off to create a hall.
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St Michael and St George, Commonwealth Avenue, White City
A short way down the road from the Roman Catholic church is this church of 1952-53 by Seeley and Paget.
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Ou Lady of Fatima, Commonwealth Avenue, White City (Roman Catholic)
On the White City estate a church of 1965-66 by Wilfrid Cassidy
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St Saviour, Cobbold Road, Shepherds Bush
On the edge of Wendell Park at the western end of Shepherds Bush. The nave dates from 1888-89 by C.N. Tudor with the chancel added in 1894. A 1970 reordering by Norman Haines has meant that the western half of the nave is divided off as a nursery school and community centre, the sanctuary at the west end of the rump nave and the office in the sanctuary area which has gained an organ gallery.
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St Matthew, Sinclair Road, Shepherds Bush
South of the green on a street corner, this is an early Arthur Blomfield church of 1870-71
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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 Thomas of Canterbury, Rylston Road, Fulham (Roman Catholic)
The church and churchyard are surrounded by houses built after the church. It is one of A.W.N. Pugin’s few London churches and dates from 1847-48. A 2010 reordering has reinstated 19th century style decoration and seating and created an outer north passage beyond the north aisle.
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St Peter, Varna Road, Fulham,
A backstreet church designed by Arthur Billing in 1882-83. It was divided in 1978 by Biscoe and Stanton leaving the worship area as the eastern two-thirds of the nave and chancel.
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All Saints, Church Gate, Fulham
At the north end of Putney Bridge facing across to Putney Parish Church, this is the old parish church of Fulham on the edge of Bishop’s Park. The tower dates from 1440 but the rest was rebuilt in 1880-81 by Arthur Blomfield. Inside there is a large collection of monuments from before the rebuilding and much, mainly Heaton, Butler and Bayne, glass. Some medieval pieces remain together with an older Wailes window and a later one by Margaret H.E. Rope.
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London Churches in photographs 