The Diocese of Southwark was founded in 1850, being elevated to become an archdiocese in 1965. It encompasses the areas of the London Boroughs south of the River Thames, the whole county of Kent and the Medway unitary authority.The cathedral is in Southwark, London, and is dedicated to St George. 207 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2009).
A plain modern church of 1991-92, of little architectural or historical significance, with one or two furnishings of... Read More
A lofty, impressive and relatively unaltered urban church of the 1860s by E. W. Pugin, following on from his work on... Read More
One of the so-called ‘Ellis boxes’, a group of economically-built churches put up in the diocese in the first... Read More
A very modest chapel and hall, of no particular architectural or historic interest but located in a conservation... Read More
A modern church with a rectangular plan, built from designs by an architect parishioner. General de Gaulle, who lived... Read More
A large Gothic Revival church built in 1901 as the Anglican church of St Paul. Acquired by the Catholic Archdiocese of... Read More
A plain, functional design of 1950, originally intended as the parish hall. It is located in the Plumstead Common... Read More
Apparently a former Mission hall of c1930, utilitarian with some Gothic trim.Pollards Hill grew as a new housing... Read More
A very late Gothic Revival design, started just before the Second World War and completed in the late 1950s. The... Read More
An Edwardian church with an Italianate west front and a 'Wrenaissance' interior. Lady Westbury was the benefactress and... Read More
A modern church of 1956-58 by Eduardo Dodds, notable for its fine sculpture by Michael Clark, and ceramic panels by... Read More
A plain design of 1970, of little architectural or historical significance.In 1957, the site for the chapel was... Read More
