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).
An early twentieth-century church by Edward Goldie, on a cruciform plan, with side aisles of 1930. Few original... Read More
A compact Gothic Revival church of 1901-02 by a local architect William Leonard Grant, which retains most of its... Read More
An economical modern chapel, furnished from various sources.The mission to South Darenth was founded in 1927 by the... Read More
Whilst of quite distinctive form, this is an architecturally unexceptional early 1970s church, in a group with hall and... Read More
The former chapel of a convent which once occupied this late Victorian building, which was apparently originally a... Read More
One of several churches in South London built by F. W. Tasker in the first decade of the twentieth century with the... Read More
A Gothic Revival church of the 1890s by Alfred Purdie, of Puginian character and as such rather old-fashioned for its... Read More
A handsome Edwardian church, one of many paid for by Miss Frances Ellis, its west front distinguished by a pediment and... Read More
A large modern church of 1963-4 by Eduardo Dodds, capturing the mood of the time of the Second Vatican Council. The... Read More
A utilitarian portal-framed chapel of the 1950s, built by parish initiative.Post-war industrial developments on the... Read More
A plain chapel-of-ease built in 1950, with a short bell tower at the southwest corner.After the Second World War, the... Read More
An outstanding example of a mid-Victorian Italianate church designed by Charles Parker, one of the leading architects... Read More
