The Archdiocese of Southwark has 181 churches (as of 2009). The cathedral is in Southwark, London, and is dedicated to St George. The Diocese of Southwarkwas 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.
A large late Gothic Revival church of the 1930s by J. O’Hanlon Hughes, who also designed the furnishings... Read More
A centrally-planned circular building of the 1960s, displaying the influence of the competition-winning design by... Read More
A charmingly modest ‘colonial’ style chapel built in the 1930s by Messrs Colt, a local firm specialising in... Read More
A modest brick church built in the 1860s to serve a poor and mainly Irish congregation. With their polychromatic brick... Read More
One of a large number of utilitarian church designs built in the early 20th century under the patronage of Miss... Read More
A modern church of 1974-75, on a central plan. It is located in the Old Bexley conservation area. In 1934 Fr... Read More
A flint-faced church of 1958-59 in a muted late Gothic Revival style, very conservative for its date. The church makes... Read More
A small church built in 1930, initially as a parish hall and later converted and extended. It... Read More
A 1950s building in an Italian Romanesque style, mostly built by voluntary labour. The original roof concealed behind... Read More
A plain tall church of 1936-37, extended in the 1960s. The Lady altar consists of salvaged marble parts from the... Read More
A typical late Gothic Revival church of 1890-1891 by A. E. Purdie. It replaced an orphanage chapel which had moved to... Read More
A handsome essay in neo-Romanesque by F.A. Walters, achieving grandeur in the face of economy. The church has some... Read More
