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St Philip the Apostle, Coombe Lane, Sydenham
This building of 1982 by Nigel Melhuish replaces a previous church of 1864-1867. The worship area is extendable into a hall and an intermediate space between them. The calvary and war memorial triptych are from the previous building.
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All Saints, Trewsbury Road, Sydenham
An unfinished church, of which only the west front is visible close-up. It was built in 1903 by G.F. Fellowes Prynne but only three nave bays were built and this was finished off with a temporary wall and narthex which form the view from the street.
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Holy Trinity, Trinity Walk, Sydenham Park
Down a driveway between houses, this is a former church hall of 1925 by E.C. Christmas. It replaced a demolished church in 1982.
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Church of the Resurrection, Kirkdale, Sydenham (Roman Catholic)
A small street corner church by Broadbent, Hastings, Reid & Todd and dating from 1974
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Our Lady and St Phillip Neri, Sydenham Road, Sydenham (Roman Catholic)
Alongside the road, this church is of 1957-59 by Walters & Kerr Bate, with the tower added in 1961, it replaced a building destroyed in WW2.
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St Bartholomew, Westwood Hill, Sydenham
Famously shown in a painting by Pissarro. The church was designed by Lewis Vulliamy and built in 1827-32. In 1852 Edwin Nash added the chancel and in 1883 he widened the north aisle, most of which is now partitioned off as a hall area. The reredos was added by Henry Wilson in 1905.
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London Churches in photographs 