St John the Evangelist - Duncan Terrace, Islington, London, UK
N 51° 32.037 W 000° 06.180
30U E 700919 N 5713183
The church of St John the Evangelist is located on the north west side of Duncan Terrace in the borough of Islington. The church was visited by Pope John Paul II in 1982.
Waymark Code: WMG027
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/26/2012
Views: 2
The church is a Grade II listed
building and the entry at the English Heritage website [visit
link] tells us:
"Roman Catholic church. 1841-43 by
Joseph John Scoles, the towers slightly later, with a new roof of c.1901, and
the interior re-ordered in 1964 and 1973. Red brick set in Flemish bond to
Duncan Terrace, yellow brick behind, stone dressings, roof of Welsh slate and
lead. Nave, apsidal chancel, and side chapels in the place of aisles, all under
a single roof. Neo-Romanesque in style. Principal gabled front to the east,
flanked by towers. Central, round-arched, portal with two Caernarvon-arched
doorways; three round-arched windows at gallery level with sill- and
springing-bands; wheel window in the gable. The south tower is divided into
three stages, the first and second flanked by engaged columns; the first stage
has a single round-arched portal with Caernarvon-arched doorway; the second
stage has two round-arched windows one above the other; the third, belfry stage
stands detached above the body of the building, with round-arched openings
flanked by brick pilasters, and eaves cornice of oversailing brick, to each
side; pyramidal roof of lead. The north tower follows the same design except
that it is higher, having a short third stage of blank brick arcading, and then
a fourth, belfry stage with two round-arched openings and eaves cornice in the
form of machicolated brickwork; broach spire of lead. The simple interior
continues the Neo-Romanesque theme with round arches with engaged columns and
stiff-leaf capitals between the nave and side chapels, and between the nave and
the apsidal chancel, and a similar arcade to the clerestory; later roof of
hammer beam construction."
The Roman Catholic Diocese of
Westminster website [visit link]
advises, in a cryptic way, the times of services:
"Services: Sun, M (Sat 6pm), 9,
10.30 (Sung, CW), 12, (sung) 6pm.
Hds, M 7.30, 10,12.30, 7.30pm.
Wkds, M
10am.
Conf: Sat 10.30 -11; Sun 5.15-5.45pm.
Exp. Sat
10.30-11am."