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St Clement, Fulham Palace Road, Fulham

Towards the northern end of Fulham Place Road this small church and adjacent flats replaced a Blomfield church of 1885. The architect was Michael Biscoe and it was built in 1975-76

   
 

St Luke, Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush

A small church of 1976-78 by A.J. Monk of Hutchison, Locke and Monk. It replaced a  church of 1871.

   
   
 

St Katherine, Westway, East Acton

Side on to the busy Westway, this ia a church of 1958-59 by J.R. Atkinson, using the foundations if the previous church, by the architect’s father, that wa was destroyed in WW2.

 
   
   
   
 

St Nicholas Cathedral, Godolphin Road, Shepherds Bush (Greek Orthodox)

Built as St Thomas Church of England and designed by Arthur Blomfield in 1882, the chancel was added in 1887. It became a Greek Orthodox church in 1965.

             
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
           
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

Holy Ghost and St Stephen, Ashchurch Grove, Shepherds Bush (Roman Catholic)

Built in 1904 to designs by Scoles and Raymond.

        
   
   
   
   
   
   

St Mary (former), Stamford Brook Road, Hammersmith

Built in 1886 and designed by Charles J. Gladman. It was converted into housing in 1986.

 
   
   
   
 

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.

 
   
   
   
   
   
            
   
   
   
   
   
        
   
   
   

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.

 
 
   
   

St Andrew, Greyhound Road, Fulham Fields

Built 1873-74 and designed by Newman and Billing. Aston Webb added a Lady Chapel and extended the church a bay westwards. Webb added the sanctuary decoration in 1898-1901. In the 2000s there was a major developement at the west end to add in an impressive three-story arrangement of rooms and offices.

                         
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

St Alban, Margravine Road, Fulham

Opened as a mission from nearby St Andrew, it was closed for a while, but re-opened as a plant from Holy Trinity Brompton. The church dates from 1895-97 and was designed by Aston Webb and E.Ingress Bell, however it was never completed and lacks a chancel. It also lost a number of fittings after closure.