St John the Evangelist Polish RC Church - Putney, London UK
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Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Evangelist (Polski Kosciól Sw Jana Ewangelisty) in St John's Road.
Waymark Code: WMCX29
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/21/2011
Views: 6
A Polish Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Evangelist (Polski Kosciól Sw Jana Ewangelisty) in St John's Road. It is a Grade 2 listed building. Details below.
It has a strange history, originally built by the Church of England as a chapel of ease of St Mary, Putney and s consecrated in 1859.
It was damaged by bombing in 1944, not reopening until 1948.
It was leased to the Polish Roman Catholic Church in 1977, long before the large influx of Polish workers to the UK in the 2000s.
The proceeds of the lease (£80,000) went to rebuilding St Mary's after a fire.
The freehold was granted to the Catholics in 2007.
Unfortunately, I could not get close enough to take a picture of the foundation stone (1858), The church has a good wall surrounding it and the gates were locked when I visited.
Some facts about the architecture:
Kentish Rag with ashlar dressings in mixed Early English and Decorated style with slate a roof. The angle-buttressed north-west tower with tall stone broach spire pierced by lucarnes is the key to the asymmetrical composition. Interior with octagonal piers to 4-bay arcades of nave and open timber truss roof. Two-light clerestory windows. Chancel arch and open timber chancel roof. East window of lancets and wheel tracery. Three-lancet west and transept windows. Octagonal gabled baptistery to north-east.
The above paragraph came from the British Listed Buildings Website.
Type of Church: Church
Status of Building: Actively in use for worship
Date of organization: 01/01/1858
Date of building construction: 01/01/1977
Dominant Architectural Style: Early English
Archdiocese: Southwark
Diocese: London
Address/Location:
St Johns Road
Putney, LONDON UK
SW15 6AW
Relvant Web Site: [Web Link]
Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: Not listed
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