1869 – Church of St. Columba, Kingsland Road, London
Built as a slum mission centre with a clergy house and school. The church has a pretty grim polychromic brick exterior –
Built as a slum mission centre with a clergy house and school. The church has a pretty grim polychromic brick exterior –
Destroyed in 1944 as a result of an air raid attack on London. Interior view published in The Building News,
Published in The Building News, November 25th 1870. The large stone building, designed by James Brooks, is in an Early English style with an apsidal chancel and large but uncompleted crossing tower.
Interior view published in The Building News, September 9th 1870. A cruciform church with aisles. Central bell cote and tall,
All Saints, Perry Street is an Anglo Catholic Church designed by James Brooks, one of England’s most distinguished Gothic Revival church architects.
A lofty building with beautiful stained glass and wall paintings designed to uplift and inspire the worshipper.
The site of the church was purchased from the Holland Estate in 1868 with the intention of building a daughter church in the parish of St Barnabas,
Perspective view of Church of St. Saviour including ground plan as published in The Building News,
Perspective view & plan published in The Building News,September 17th 1875. Interior view published in The Building News,
Pictured is the original design for Church of the Ascension published in 1875, but not completed until 1883.