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Chapel (Former), Springfield Hospital, Tooting
This is the site of a mental hospital that is being redeveloped into a large housing complex. The chapel of 1881 is now at one end of a public square. It appears to be currently without a use.
St Paul, Augustus Road, Wimbledon Parkside.
Up the hill from Southfields station near Putney common. This is a large church of 1877 (nave) and 1888 (chancel) by Micklethwaite and Somers Clarke. All the stained glass is by Kempe as is the chancel ceiling decoration.
St George, Patmore Street, Battersea
A small church that replaced both two 19th-century buildings destroyed in WW2 and a 1956 church by Covell Matthews and Partners, of which the tower and spire remain. The current church dates from 1996 and was designed by Levitt Bernstein Associates.
St John the Divine (Former), Bedford Hill, Balham now Burlington School of English.
Designed by R.J. Withers the east end, which was constructed in 1883-1884 faces the road. Work on the nave began in 1899 and was completed the following year. It was declared redundant in 1985, having been disused since early 1983. Since then it has been used as a warehouse and offices, a care home, and now an English language school called The Burlington School of English.
Christ the King, Balham High Road, Balham (Polish Roman Catholic)
Built as a Congregational Church (latterly United Reformed Church), it closed in 1977 and was sold to the Roman Catholic Church and dedicated in 1978. It had opened in 1883 to designs by Searle and Hayes.
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The Ascension, Malwood Road, Balham
Not far from Clapham South station near Balham Hill. It dates from 1883-90 and is by Arthur Cawston. It was set up for a toddler group when I visited in 2018, and the west end was inaccessible due to heating work being undertaken. A revisit in 2023 (upper set) saw the whole church open with the nave used as a coffee shop, the Lady Chapel as a clothing exchange and the baptistry as a refill and reuse point.
November 2023
January 2017
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Holy Ghost, Nightingale Square, Balham (Roman Catholic)
In a corner of this residential square, some way north of the town centre. It dates from 1897 and is by Leonard Stokes.
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St Luke, Ramsden Road, Battersea
As close to Balham as much as Battersea. It stands out from some way off, above the sea of suburban villas between the two. It was designed by F.W. Hunt and built 1883-89 with the chancel and tower added in 1892 and the baptistery in 1899. The interior is a fine collection of contemporary fittings, including very early electric light fittings of 1903. The Lady chapel was refitted by Martin Travers in 1924-27, he also designed the font cover.. Most of the glass is by Powells.
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St Michael, Cobham Close, Wandsworth Common
Very near Wandsworth Common, this is a church and former school of 1881 by William White. It was built as a memorial to Rev H.B. Verdon and Philip Cazenove, all the money raised by their friends. The stained glass is, apart from the south chapel, by Lavers, Barraud & Westlake.
St Barnabas, Lavenham Road, Southfields
On the corner of Merton Road, some way east of the underground station. This is a church of 1906-08 by C. Ford Whitcombe. The coloured glass gives the interior a very odd green wash effect on a sunny day.
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London Churches in photographs 