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 typical and fairly unaltered example of a small mid-Victorian chapel, of a type which would have been approved by the... Read More
A combined church and school building of the 1890s with the church forming the upper part. The architect Alfred Purdie... Read More
A brick Gothic church by F.A. Walters, fairly cheaply built but with a tower of striking design which is a landmark in... Read More
A classical, Italianate church of the early twentieth century by the architect- priest A. J. C. Scoles, the youngest... Read More
A brick church of 1964 by Bingham Towner & Partners, conventional in its planning and design. The campanile has... Read More
St Agatha’s was built principally at the cost of a wealthy local benefactor, Louisa Currie, and designed by a... Read More
A simply detailed neo-Georgian brick church of the 1960s by Goodhart-Rendel’s partner, the brick campanile adding an... Read More
A church of 1939 in the Early Christian style, designed by an architect member of the congregation. The tower has... Read More
An Italianate church of the early twentieth century by Claude Kelly, with an opulent interior of coloured marbles. The... Read More
A red brick turn-of-the-century church hall, acquired by the Augustinians in 1940. The building is utilitarian, with an... Read More
A curious small building in a crude version of the Gothic style, constructed by the Folkestone builder Otto Marx and... Read More
A composite building of three distinct phases (1880s, 1950s, 1990s), all very much in the style of their respective... Read More
