March 12th, 2019 |
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One of the so-called ‘Ellis boxes’, a group of economically-built churches put up in the Diocese in the first decade of the 20th century through the patronage of Miss Frances Ellis. Unlike some other Ellis churches, later alterations have served to erode rather than enhance the modest qualities of the building; proper investment in the building has for a long time been handicapped by uncertainty about its future. The presbytery is a house (or pair of houses) dating from the 1830s, and is listed grade II. The church occupies a pivotal position in the Holly Grove Conservation Area.
March 12th, 2019 |
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A lofty, impressive and relatively unaltered urban church of the 1860s by E W Pugin, following on from his work on existing churches in Southwark and Ramsgate, but his first new church commission in the Diocese. The church was built for the Capuchin Friars and, with the substantial adjoining Friary buildings of the 1880s, forms a good group in an area which has seen much post-war redevelopment.
March 12th, 2019 |
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A late Gothic Revival church by Joseph Goldie, third generation of a dynasty of Catholic architects. The design is unambitious for its time, but is nevertheless of good solid quality. The chief furnishing of note is the altar and reredos, a fine elaborate Gothic design in Caen stone probably by E W Pugin, brought here from Hales Place, Canterbury. The church occupies a prominent location in East Dulwich and lies within the Dulwich Village Conservation Area.
