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St Michael and All Angels (former), Poplar
A notable landmark by R.W. Morris (1864-65) and now converted into flats.
St Nicholas and All Hallows, Aberfeldy Street, Poplar
A Seely and Paget church of 1953-55, it closed in 1968 to be used as a store for vinyl discs and reopened in 1997 and repaired by Keith Harrison Architects (Tim Hornsby). The ceiling is covered by paintings by Brian Thomas that were produced for a Lambeth Palace conference in 1948.
St Mary and St Joseph, Upper North Street, Poplar (Roman Catholic)
Built to replace a war damaged church. It is a bulky massive church of 1954 by Adrian Gilbert Scott. Inside there is a big central lantern and a built-in pulpit. The glass is by William Wilson and mainly from 1960.
St Saviour, Northumbria St, Poplar (former) now housing
Designed by F.J. and H. Francis and built in 1873-74, made redundant in 1976 but burnt out in 2007. It remained as a shell on the edge of Bartlett Park when I visited in 2013. A repeat visit in 2025 found it converted into housing. Applications for new surrounding housing and conversion of the church were made in 2013 but work does not seem to have started until around 2019/2020.
2025 Converted to housing
2013 Derelict post fire
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All Saints, East India Docks Road, Poplar
In a large green churchyard, built by Charles Hollis 1820-23.
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St Mathias, Poplar
Now converted into a community centre (1990-91) after years of dereliction following redundancy in 1976. At its heart is a church of 1652-54 built as a chapel for the East India Company, remodelled by William Milford Teulon 1870-76 as a parish church.
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London Churches in photographs 