St Saviour & Sts John the Baptist and John the Evangelist - Lewisham High Street, Lewisham, London, UK
N 51° 27.610 W 000° 00.663
30U E 707631 N 5705236
The church is on the east side of Lewisham High Street close to the main shopping areas and bus stops. The church was built in 1909 so just creeps into the 'old' category.
Waymark Code: WMFZK3
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/24/2012
Views: 1
The church is Grade II listed and the
entry at the English Heritage website [visit
link] briefly tells us:
"1909 by John Kelly. South aisle and integral presbytery
added later. Red brick building in Italian style. 2-storey, 1-window front.
Overhanging mutuled eaves forming open pediment. Niches, in centre and in wide
side pilasters, hold figures of saints. Large round window beneath upper figure.
3 crosses in raised brick below this. Projecting ground floor has entrance with
Ionic columns and open pediment. Mosaic in tympanum. 3 stone figures of
crucifixion above pediment. Flanking 2-light windows with baluster mullions.
Inside an entrance lobby with arcaded screen. 5-bay nave with arcade on Tuscan
columns. Apsidal East end with ambulatory. Barreled roof with round arches to
clerestory windows. Richly lined in coloured marbles."
The front porch of the church doubles as a Great War
memorial. The Lewisham War Memorials website [visit
link] tells us that:
"Type: Church Front
Description: Church front, with a pillar each side of
main entrance door, above the door there is a mosaic of the Virgin and Child and
over the portico there is a Calvary. On the outer wall on either side of the
door are two marble tablets with the names of the dead and details of the
unveiling ceremony.
Inscriptions:
(Over main entrance:)
Jesus
Give
them
Eternal Rest
1914 1918
(Left Hand Panel on outside wall:)
Of
Your Charity Pray
For The Repose Of
The Souls Of The Men Of
This Church
Who Died In
The Fight For Justice
And Liberty
1914-1918
(Names)
(Right Hand Panel on outside
wall:)
(Names)
This Calvary Erected By The
Parishioners To The Memory
Of
The Above-Named Officers And
Men, Was Unveiled By His
Worship The
Mayor Of Lewisham
Allan Hume Nicholl, Esq. J.P
And Blessed By The
Right
Reverend Peter Amigo Lord
Bishop Of Southwark 15
April
1919
J.B. Ward Rector
Wars Commemmorated: First World War
Ceremonies: Unveiled 15 April 1919 by Allan Hume Nicholl
Esq. J.P the Mayor of Lewisham and blessed by the Right Reverend Peter Amigo
Lord Bishop of Southwark."
The church's website [visit link] advises of
the times of Mass:
"SUNDAYS: (First Mass of Sunday: 6.30pm on
Saturday evenings), 8.30am, 10am, 11.30am, 5.30pm
MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS: 10am
& 6.30pm
FRIDAYS: 10am & 8pm
SATURDAYS: 9am & 11.30am (and first Mass of
Sunday at 6.30pm)
HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION: 6.30pm (vigil), 8.30am, 10am,
1pm and 8pm
BANK HOLIDAYS: 9am and
11.30am
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