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St Mary, Church Lane, Chessington
The old village church of Chessington, now surrounded by housing. basically a 13th-century building with restorations by R. Hesketh (bell-turret 1854) and T.G. Jackson (south aisle 1870).
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St Paul, Hook Road, Hook
On the main road north of the shopping area. It is by Carpenter and Ingelow and dates from 1881-83.
Our Lady Immaculate, Tolworth (Roman Catholic)
At one end of the town centre, a large basilica of 1956-58 by W.C. Mangan.
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Emmanuel, Grand Avenue, Tolworth
Some way north east of the town centre, architect unknown, dating from 1935 with a post war wooden western extension.
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St George, Hamilton Avenue, Tolworth
Behind the town centre, a church of 1934 by T.F. Ford. The interior (Feb 2014) is currently stripped out.
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St Paul, Alexandra Road, Kingston upon Thames
North of the town centre a large church by F. Peck, 1878. The transepts were added 1924-28 by P. Lamb.
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St Luke, Gibbon Road, Kingston upon Thames
A large dark red brick church, a little way north of the town centre, of 1888-89 by Kelly and Birchall of Leeds. Unusually for this type of large red brick suburban late 19th century church it possesses a tower with a spire that was added in 1891.
St Agatha, Kings Road, Kingston upon Thames (Roman Catholic)
On the north side of the town, a church of 1899 by John Kelly. The lower pictures show it in Feb 2014 obscured by scaffolding while it underwent cleaning.
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St Catherine of Sienna, Chessington (Roman Catholic)
Set well back from the main road that leads to the World of Adventures, a rather nondescript exterior designed by Lanner of Wakefield and dating from 1975.
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St Mark, Surbiton
A distinctive landmark up the hill from the station. The church was built in 1845, rebuilt in 1855 by P.C. Hardwick but apart from the tower and spire destroyed in WW2. It was rebuilt in a very conservative style by Milner and Craze in 1960. It was restored with community use in mind 2010-2012 by Paul Edey of IID Architects.
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London Churches in photographs 