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Old Town Hall, Kennington Road

The Old Town Hall is a former municipal building in Kennington Road, Kennington, London, England. The town hall, which was briefly the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth, is a Grade II listed building. History The building was commissioned to replace the old vestry hall of the parish of Lambeth in Church Street (now known as Lambeth Road) which had been completed in 1809. The site selected by the Lambeth Vestry for the new building, on the east side of Kennington Road, had not previously been developed because of its dampness: it had previously formed part of the estate of the Manor of Kennington which was in the ownership of the Duchy of Cornwall. The proposed development was seen by some members of the vestry as extravagant and was only authorised after a poll of ratepayers: the vestry then secured a long lease from the duchy. The new building was designed by the local architects, Raymond Willshire and Robert Parris, in the neoclassical style, built by William Higgs in buff brick with stone dressings and was completed in September 1853. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with nine bays facing onto Kennington Road; the central section of three bays, which projected forward, formed a tetrastyle portico with four full-height Tuscan order columns and two antae supporting an entablature, a modillioned cornice and a modillioned pediment. The three-bay single-storey outer sections were fenestrated by round headed windows with architraves and keystones flanked by paired pilasters supporting entablatures. Internally, the principal room was the main assembly hall which featured a gallery at one end and an apse at the other end. The outer sections was increased in height when an extra storey was added to each section to create more office space in 1873. After the area became a metropolitan borough in 1900, the civic leaders decided that the old building was inadequate for their needs and decided to procure a much larger building at the corner of Brixton Hill and Acre Lane, Brixton which opened as Lambeth Town Hall in 1908. The lease on the vacant building in Kennington Road was assigned to the Church of England Incorporated Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays in 1909 and the building became its headquarters: King George V visited the building to meet the society's children in 1935. During the Second World War, the water and gas supplies outside the building were hit by enemy bombing creating considerable concerns about the welfare and safety of the children inside. The building remained the society's headquarters until, as The Children's Society, it relocated to new offices at Kings Cross in July 1986. The building was refurbished to a design by Rolfe Judd in 1995 and then served as the headquarters of the Countryside Alliance from the early 21st century until 2015. Following a further refurbishment, which was completed in 2016, the building became a creative hub for film production businesses. References
St Anne's Church, Vauxhall

St Anne's Church is a Roman Catholic church at 363 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, London SE11. It was built in about 1903–07, designed by Frederick Walters, and has been Grade II listed since 1981. Its presbytery is the St Anne's House next door. References External links Media related to St Anne's Church, Vauxhall at Wikimedia Commons
Kensington United Reformed Church

Kensington United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed church in Allen Street, Kensington, London, England. It was built in 1854–55 as Kensington Congregational Chapel. Since the Union of the Congregational and Presbyterian churches in England and Wales in 1972, the church has been a member of the United Reformed Church. Ministers Silvester Horne Caryl Micklem References External links Media related to Kensington Congregational Chapel at Wikimedia Commons
Stud House

Stud House is an early 18th-century house in the centre of Hampton Court Park near Hampton Court Palace. It is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England. It was traditionally the official residence of the Master of the Horse. The former stables at the house are separately listed, also at Grade II. The Stud House was built in the 18th century and was altered and expanded between 1817 and 1818. Stud House was bought by the Russian publisher Evgeny Lebedev in 2007. Its gardens were featured in the 2017 book The Secret Gardeners by Victoria Summerley and photographer Hugo Rittson Thomas. References Source Summerley, Victoria; Rittson Thomas, Hugo (2017) The Secret Gardeners, Francis Lincoln. ISBN 9780711237636
Wilderness House

Wilderness House is a historic house situated within the gardens of Hampton Court Palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Built around 1700, it was originally constructed as the residence of the Master Gardener and is closely associated with the early development of the palace gardens. The house is listed at Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England for its architectural and historic significance. History Wilderness House was constructed circa 1700, during the period when Hampton Court Palace was undergoing significant landscaping works under William III. Early records identify it as the "Master Gardener's House," and it appears in early eighteenth‑century views of Hampton Court by Leonard Knyff, indicating that it was completed by about 1702. In this period, Henry Wise served as Master Gardener and was responsible for much of the early garden development at Hampton Court. The house was part of the gardener's official residence and is thought to have been built in connection with Wise's appointment. In 1764, the house became the residence of the landscape architect Capability Brown, who was appointed Chief Gardener at Hampton Court Palace by George III and moved into Wilderness House. Brown lived there for the majority of his tenure, commissioning additions such as a dining room and kitchen and overseeing changes to the gardens; a blue plaque commemorates his residence at the property. Brown remained at Wilderness House until his death in 1783. Wilderness House remained the Master Gardener's residence until the late nineteenth century. After 1881 it was adapted for use as a grace-and-favour residence and modernised with electricity in 1907 and a bathroom in 1912. From 1937 to 1960, the house was occupied by Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, sister of Nicholas II, who converted part of the interior into a Russian Orthodox chapel for her use; the dining room originally added by Brown was retained and repurposed for worship. Architecture Wilderness House is a largely intact example of an early eighteenth-century brick house. It retains many original interior features, including full-height panelling, staircases, moulded cornices, and period chimneypieces. The building's plan has remained substantially unchanged since its construction, contributing to its architectural importance and high level of preservation. References
St Barnabas' Church, Mitcham

St Barnabas' Church, Mitcham, is a church in the Graveney ward of the London borough of Merton, in SW London. It is located on Gorringe Park Avenue in Mitcham. The church is dedicated to Barnabas, one of the disciples. In his day, he carried out missionary journeys & had a great ability to encourage - Barnabas means "son of encouragement". The dedication was chosen due to the missionary nature of the church set up on this site. The local area in the early 20th century was a mission district (specifically, from 1906), where the church aimed to establish & foster a local religious community. This was at the aegis of Christ Church in Colliers Wood, along with old boys from City of London School. The initial missionary building was a basic building, housing a single room; it was known as the "tin church". The current building that we know was designed by H. P. Burke Downing, the foundation stone being laid on 17 May 1913 & the church was completed on 14 November 1914. The church was Grade II listed by English Heritage on 2 September 1988. No images of this early "tin church" are available, but we can ascertain how it might have looked with images of other churches which shared a similar arc of development, starting in newly populated areas in the greatly expanding cities of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Possible examples being the "tin hut" church at Mile Oak or the tabernacles of the Methodist Church Recently, the church has been used as a polling station for elections; it was used as a polling office in UK General Election of 12 December 2019, with the polling booths and election officers being located near the main door. Gallery References External links - Mitcham History Notes, including image of church in 1912.
St Andrew's Church, Plaistow

St Andrew's Church was a Church of England church on Barking Road in Plaistow, east London. It began as a small mission built in 1860 on Whitwell Road by St Mary's Church, Plaistow. A permanent church designed by James Brooks opened in 1870 on a site just south of the northern outfall sewer embankment and a separate parish assigned to it the following year. A large central crossing tower with a pyramidal spire was planned but only completed as far as the ridge of the nave roof. In 1903 the church opened the mission hall that later became St Cedd's Church, Canning Town - the mission district for it was split off from the parishes of St Andrew's and St Luke's. St Andrew's suffered heavy damage during the London Blitz but was extensively repaired after 1945. The building was Grade II listed in 1984 but is no longer an Anglican church, now housing offices and a UCKG Help Centre and with its chancel walled off. Its parish is now within the Parish of the Divine Compassion. In 2006, the congregation of St Andrew's Church, Plaistow merged into the congregation of Memorial Baptist Church to form one group, the Memorial Community Church. References
Església de Sant Joan de Stratford

L'església de Sant Joan de Stratford (St John’s Church, Stratford) és una església parroquial anglicana situada a Stratford Broadway, al districte de Newham, Londres. S'aixeca al solar de l'antiga presó forestal vinculada al bosc reial de Waltham, enderrocada el 1827. El temple fou construït entre 1832 i 1834 per Edward Blore en estil neogòtic primerenc, amb maó gris i una torre de tres cossos amb campanar sostingut per arcbotants. Inicialment fou capella auxiliar d'All Saints, West Ham, i esdevingué parròquia pròpia el 1844. El poeta Gerard Manley Hopkins hi fou batejat el mateix any. L'edifici està catalogat com a immoble catalogat grau II. Al segle XIX el territori parroquial es va dividir per crear noves parròquies, com les de St Paul’s (1865) i St James’ Forest Gate (1881). El cementiri acull el naturalista i reformador social Antonio Brady, en memòria del qual es construí una ampliació del presbiteri el 1884, i també el monument als màrtirs de Stratford (1879). Durant la Segona Guerra Mundial la cripta va servir de refugi antiaeri, i més tard l'església absorbí la parròquia de Christ Church (1961) i incorporà una nova ampliació el 1998. Referències
St John's Church, Stratford

St John's Church or the Church of Saint John the Evangelist is the parish church in Stratford, London, standing on Stratford Broadway, the main thoroughfare. The site was previously home to a "Forest Prison" that incarcerated those who committed offences against the Royal Forest of Waltham, which is now known as Epping Forest. The gaol was built around 1620 and the building remained until 1827. The church was built between 1832 and 1834 by Edward Blore in the Early English style using grey brick. The most notable feature is a three-stage tower, surmounted by a spire which is supported with flying buttresses. It is a Grade II Listed building. It was built as a chapel of ease to save worshippers the journey to the ancient parish church of All Saints West Ham; St John's Stratford became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1844. The poet Gerard Manley Hopkins was baptised in the church as an infant in August 1844. Part of St John's parish was split off in 1865 to provide a parish for St Paul's Church, Stratford, previously a mission church. In 1881 another part of St John's parish was also joined to parts of the parishes of All Saints and Emmanuel Church to form a new parish for the church of St James' Church, Forest Gate. The naturalist and social reformer Antonio Brady is buried in the churchyard in 1881; an extension to the chancel of the church was constructed in his memory in 1884. A memorial to the Stratford Martyrs was added to the churchyard in 1879. In World War II, the church crypt served as an air raid shelter for local people, despite bomb damage to the building itself. In 1961 St John's took over the parish of the deconsecrated Christ Church, Stratford. A new extension was added in 1998. Between 1988 and 1994, the church was the "home" of the influential post-rock group Bark Psychosis, who rehearsed in the crypt. This would also serve as a recording space for the band, where they first recorded the single Scum (1992), followed by their debut album Hex (1994). References
Stratford Town Hall

Stratford Town Hall is a municipal building in Stratford, London. It is a Grade II listed building. History In the mid-19th century the West Ham Local Board of Health had met at Rokeby House in Broadway. Following a rapid growth in the local population caused by industrial expansion, civic leaders decided to procure purpose-built council offices: the site chosen for the new building was a plot of open land on the corner of Broadway and West Ham Lane. The new building, which was designed by Lewis Angell and John Giles in the Italianate style was completed in 1869. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with eleven bays facing onto Broadway; the central section of three bays featured a full-height portico with rounded-headed doorways flanked by Doric order banded columns on the ground floor and round-headed windows flanked by Corinthian order columns on the first floor. The left hand section curved round into West Ham Lane and the right handed section involved a square tower with a cupola and weather vane which was 30.5 metres (100 ft) high. The principal rooms included a council chamber and an assembly hall which was elaborately decorated by the French designer, Mons Boekbinder. The design of the building was described by the Illustrated London News, in 1869, as the "finest building in Essex" and by Pevsner, in 1973, as a "debased arched cinquecento". The foundation stone for an extension along West Ham Lane was laid by the chairman of the local board, George Rivett, in 1885; the extension, which was also designed by Lewis Angell, was intended to accommodate a courthouse and cells. The building became the headquarters of the new Municipal Borough of West Ham in 1886 and, after becoming the centre of administration for the County Borough of West Ham in 1889, it became the home of the first Labour Party municipal administration in 1898. The town hall continued to be the home of the county borough for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government after the formation of the London Borough of Newham in April 1965. It continued to serve as an events and concert venue and performers included the band, The Who, in May 1965. It also served as offices for the education department of Newham council until a major fire broke out causing considerable damage on 26 June 1982. It was restored to the designs of the borough architect, Kenneth Lund, and was re-opened by Queen Elizabeth II as a conference centre on 16 July 1986. References
Stratford Town Hall

L'hôtel de ville de Stratford est un bâtiment municipal situé à Stratford, dans l'est de Londres. Il s'agit d'un bâtiment classé Grade II. Histoire Au milieu du XIXe siècle, le conseil local de santé de West Ham s'était réuni à Rokeby House à Broadway. Suite à une croissance rapide de la population locale causée par l'expansion industrielle, les dirigeants municipaux ont décidé de construire un édifice municipal : le site choisi pour le nouveau bâtiment était un terrain ouvert au coin de Broadway et de West Ham Lane. Le nouveau bâtiment, conçu par Lewis Angell et John Giles dans le style italien, a été achevé en 1869. Il comprenait une tour carrée avec une coupole avec une girouette de 30 mètres de haut. Les pièces principales comprenaient une salle de conseil et une salle de réunion richement décorée par le designer français Mons Boekbinder. La conception du bâtiment a été décrite par l'Illustrated London News, en 1869, comme le « plus beau bâtiment de l'Essex » et par Pevsner, en 1973, comme un « cinquecento voûté dégradé ». La première pierre d'une extension le long de West Ham Lane a été posée en 1885 ; l'extension était destinée à accueillir un palais de justice et des cellules de prison. Le bâtiment est devenu le siège du nouveau district municipal de West Ham en 1886 et, après être devenu le centre administratif du district du comté de West Ham en 1889, il est devenu le siège de la première administration municipale du Parti travailliste en 1898. L'hôtel de ville a continué d'être le siège du comté pendant une grande partie du XXe siècle, mais a cessé d'être le siège du gouvernement local après la formation du London Borough of Newham en avril 1965. Il a continué à servir de lieu d'événements et de concerts et parmi les artistes figurait le groupe The Who, en mai 1965. Il a également servi de bureaux au département de l'éducation du conseil de Newham jusqu'à ce qu'un incendie majeur se déclare, causant des dégâts considérables le 26 juin 1982. Restauré, il a été rouvert par la reine Elizabeth II comme centre de conférence le 16 juillet 1986. Références Liens Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Portail de l’architecture et de l’urbanisme Portail de Londres Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
St Gabriel's Church, Aldersbrook

St Gabriel's Church is a Church of England parish church in the Aldersbrook estate area of Wanstead in the London Borough of Redbridge, dedicated to the archangel Gabriel. It began in 1903 as an iron building before a permanent brick church by Charles Spooner in the Perpendicular iteration of the neo-Gothic style was completed in 1914, the same year as St Gabriel's was granted its own parish, taking areas from the parishes of St Mary the Virgin, Wanstead, and St Mary's Church, Little Ilford. References External links http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol6/pp332-336 http://www.stgabrielsaldersbrook.org.uk/
St Mary's Church, Woodford

St Mary's Church, Woodford is the ancient parish church for Woodford in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is known to have existed by the 12th century. Its rector in the 1520s was John Larke. Its medieval west tower and spire were in dangerously poor repair by 1705 and in 1708 it was replaced with a brick tower The medieval church was substantially rebuilt in brick in the Gothic style in 1816. Population expansion led to the construction of the new churches of St Paul's in 1854 and All Saints in 1874, both within the parish. The church was completely rebuilt in 1971-72., following an arson attack in 1969, so the interior is modern. Before the fire, the interior contained several wall monuments and tombs, including the tomb of Bridget, widow of Alexander Staples and eldest daughter of Sir John Ernle, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Charles II and James II. The church is fitted with a 3-manual Grant, Degens and Bradbeer Organ which was built at a similar time to the organ of New College Oxford. The church was completely rebuilt in 1971-72. The church has a ring of eight bells cast at the nearby Whitechapel Bell Foundry. The churchyard hosts one of the Great Trees of London, a Copper Beech. References
Kathedrale von Rochester

Die Kathedrale von Rochester, offiziell Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary (deutsch: Kathedrale von Christus und der Seligen Jungfrau Maria), ist die Bischofskirche der anglikanischen Diözese Rochester in Rochester, Kent. Im Jahr 604 gegründet, ist sie nach der Kathedrale von Canterbury die zweitälteste Kathedrale Englands. Der heutige Bau ist, trotz späterer Überformungen, in wesentlichen Teilen normannisch. Geschichte, Architektur und Ausstattung Gründer der Kathedrale – mit dem ursprünglichen Patrozinium St. Andreas – und erster Bischof war Justus, einer der Missionare, die von Papst Gregor I. auf Bitten Augustinus’ von Canterbury im Jahr 601 nach England gesandt wurden. Die Ausstattung mit Grundbesitz stiftete König Ethelbert von Kent. Nach der normannischen Eroberung Englands 1066 veranlasste der erste normannische Bischof Gundulf, ein Benediktiner aus der Abtei Le Bec, die Errichtung eines Benediktinerklosters bei der Kathedrale und den Neubau der Kathedrale selbst ab 1083. Die Weihe erfolgte 1130 im Beisein König Heinrichs I. Von diesem Bau sind das Langhaus und die Westfassade sowie Teile der Krypta erhalten. 1137 beschädigte ein Brand die Holzdecke des Langhauses und zerstörte den Chor. 1180 begannen die Wiederherstellungsarbeiten mit dem Bau des gotischen Chors, der das Langhaus an Größe übertrifft. Die Arbeiten erlitten Rückschläge im Ersten und Zweiten Krieg der Barone. Die Verehrung Williams von Perth, der laut Ortstradition 1201 als Jerusalempilger bei Rochester von seinem Ziehsohn erschlagen wurde und den Papst Alexander IV. 1256 heiligsprach, brachte der Kathedrale Ablassprivilegien und große Geldopfer der Wallfahrer ein, die die Behebung der Kriegsschäden und die Fortsetzung des gotischen Bauprojekts ermöglichten. Der neue Chor wurde 1227 geweiht, in den folgenden Jahrzehnten entstanden das nördliche und das südliche Querschiff. Bischof Hamo Hythe ließ sie einwölben und den mächtigen Vierungsturm errichten. Hundert Jahre später entstanden der heutige Obergaden des Langhauses und das westliche Fassadenfenster. Mit der englischen Reformation wurde das Benediktinerkloster St. Andreas aufgelöst. Die Kathedrale erhielt ein neues, protestantisches Domkapitel sowie ihr heutiges Patrozinium. Der Englische Bürgerkrieg hatte 1642 neue Schäden und Wiederherstellungsarbeiten zur Folge. Tiefgreifende Restaurierungsarbeiten erfolgten 1825 und 1872. Ein umfangreicher Zyklus von historistischen Bildfenstern entstand um die Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert. Auch der Skulpturenschmuck stammt größtenteils aus dieser Zeit. 1904 wurde der Vierungsturm erneuert. Zum 1.400-jährigen Gründungsjubiläum der Kathedrale 2004 schuf der russische Künstler Sergej Fjodorow (* 1969) ein großes Wandfresko in ikonenähnlichem Stil, das die Taufe Jesu im Jordan und die Taufe Ethelberts von Kent durch Augustinus von Canterbury im Jahr 597 darstellt. Weblinks Netzpräsenz der Kathedrale (englisch) Einzelnachweise