Christ Church, Camden, London, by James Pennethorne

Christ Church

James Pennethorne

1837

Yellow brick, stucco and stone

The corner of Albany Street and Redhill Street

Camden, London

[Now St George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral]

Listed Building

See commentary below.

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Another view of the church from the east end

The set of Morris/Rossetti windows within

Park Villages East and West, Camden, nearby

Photographs and text Jacqueline Banerjee.

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This neo-classical church is a bit of a curiosity. With its "fort-like masonry" and "massive doorway" beneath a slimline "very graceful tower," it has been described as "one of the most asymmetrical architectural creations in London" (Davies 342) — though it is not so much asymmetrical as strangely proportioned. Nevertheless, it is not without its attractions. William Butterfield remodelled the interior in 1867, and a three-panelled Rossetti/Morris stained glass window depicting the Sermon on the Mount was installed in it at this time. Christina Rossetti was one of the members of the congregation here. After the church was closed in 1988, it was taken over by the Greek Orthodox Church, and is now known as St George's Cathedral.

Sources

Camden Council. "Listed Building Details". Viewed 10 May 2008.

Roberts, J. R. Howard, and Walter H. Godfrey, eds. "Park Village West." Survey of London, Vol. 21 (1949). British History Online. Viewed 10 May 2008.

Turnor, Reginald. Nineteenth Century Architecture in Britain. London: Batsford, 1950.

Tyack, Geoffrey. "Sir James Pennethorne (1801-1871)." The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Viewed 10 May 2008.

Last modified 30 September 2016