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St Benet’s Chapel, Mile End Road, Mile End
A domed circular building that is part of the Queen Mary University chaplaincy. Replacing a Ewan Christian building of the 1870s, destroyed in WW2, it was built 1961-62 and designed by Playne & Lacey. Inside the interior is decorated with the ‘Apocalypse of St John’, a sgraffito mural scheme of 1964 by Adam Kossowski.
St Faith, Shandy Street, Stepney (Ruin)
A chapel of ease to St Dunstan, it became a parish in 1926. It was opened in 1898 and designed by J E K and J P Cutts, lying between their church hall and the vicarage both of which are still there. In the gap which is now a security-fenced derelict site are the remains of arches which may or may not be in situ. The church was destroyed by bombing in 1940 and never rebuilt. The hall which was used as a youth club by St Dunstan and is also by Cutts also seems to be out of use.
The Sanctuary, Royal London Hospital Chapel, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel
A small room with little decoration that serves as the non-denominational Christian chapel at the hospital. The building that is in was designed by HOK and built 2006-2016.
St Luke, Alpha Grove, Millwall, Isle of Dogs
A new church which replaces the church of 1960 that closed in 2012, which itself replaced a war-damaged 19th-century church. It was opened in October 2018 as part of a mixed development with housing. The worship area is in the glazed area at first-floor level. It was designed by Phelan Architects.
Royal Foundation of St Katherine, Butcher Row, Ratcliffe
Originally a religious community founded in 1147, it has had several homes, including the building that is now St Katherine’s Danish church by Regent’s Park. It moved to this site, the bombed site of St James, Ratcliffe, after WW2. R.E. Enthoven designed new buildings including a chapel in 1950-52. The chapel was refurbished in 2003-2004 by PRP Architects. The refurbishment included enlarged windows and a new window at the east end. The furnishings are a mixture of new and medieval ones brought from previous chapels.
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St George’s German Lutheran Church, Alie Street, Whitechapel
Built in 1762-63 and attributed to Joel Johnson. Since 1998 it has been cared for by the Historic Chapels Trust. It retains most of its 18th century furnishings
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St Mark, Cadogan Terrace, Old Ford (former)
Built 1973-76 to replace a war damaged church, now a Montessori nursery just outside the south eastern (St Mark’s) gates of Victoria Park.
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St John, Scandrett Street, Wapping (former)
Built in 1756 and designed by Joel Johnson. Mostly destroyed in WW2 but the tower was reconstructed in 1964 with flats built on to it in a sympathetic style in the 1990s.
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St Patrick, Green Bank, Wapping (Roman Catholic)
Immediately behind the former anglican church of St John it is a large classical church of 1877-79 designed by F.W. Tasker.
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St Mary and St Michael, Commercial Road, Shadwell (Roman Catholic)
A very large church, with a truncated west tower. It was designed by W.W. Wardell and built 1856 and repaired by Arthur Sterrett following war damage. All the stained glass is post WW2.
London Churches in photographs 