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St Luke, Evelyn Street, Deptford
End on to the street, a church of 1870-72 by T.H. Watson. It now looks to be in a poor state and has not been used for worship for several years. Inside it has been subdivided into a hall and offices at the west end with the tower and chancel remaining as a worship area. The office area is used by the Evelyn 190 advice centre.
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St Paul, Deptford High Street, Deptford
One of the finest baroque churches in London. It sits in a large churchyard in Deptford town centre. It is by Thomas Archer and was built between 1713 and 1730.
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St John, St Johns Vale, Deptford
A large church by P.C. Hardwick on the borders of Lewisham and Deptford high above St John’s Station. It dates from 1855.
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St Mary Magdalen, Comerford Road/Howson Road, Brockley (Roman Catholic)
A church in the back streets by Young Bolton dating from 1889. It required considerable rebuilding after WW2 damage.
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The Good Shepherd, Moorside Road, Downham (Roman Catholic)
Built in 1961-63 by Donald Plaskett Marshall replacing a hall that had been used since this huge LCC estate was built in the 1920s
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St Cyprian (Former), Brockley Road, Brockley
The church hall of the demolished St Cyprian which was nearby in Adelaide Avenue. From 1950 it was used as a church but from 1968 it became a Roman Catholic church hall. It was demolished except for the Brockley Road elevation in 2014 and is now the entrance of a Co-op food store.
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St George (Former), Foxberry Road, Brockley now Elim Pentecostal Church
A back street church of 1893 by W. Gilbee Scott that replaced a mission room. It was sold to the Elim Pentecostal church in 2003.
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Christ Church, Church Rise, Forest Hill
A large hilltop church by Ewan Christian and dating from 1852-1862. All but the chancel is now converted to housing. The chancel is used for a Montessori school and some weekday evening services.
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St Paul (Former), Taymount Rise, Forest Hill now housing
Built as a Congregational Church in 1863, in 1939 it became St Luke Spiritualist church before purchase in 1950 by the Church of England. During the 1980s it was leased out to the New Testament Assembly before becoming redundant in 1996 and sold for conversion to housing in 1997. The architects were J Hine and T. Roger Smith
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St. Gregorios, Cranfield Road, Brockley (Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church)
Over the road from St Peter, this was its church hall built in 1879. It is now used as an Indian Orthodox Church which opened in 2005.
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London Churches in photographs 