List of Commissioners' churches in London explained

A Commissioners' church is an Anglican church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Act 1818, and subsequent related Acts. Such churches have been given a number of titles, including "Commissioners' Churches", "Waterloo Churches" and "Million Act Churches". In some cases the Commissioners provided the full cost of the new church; in other cases they provided a grant and the balance was raised locally. This list contains the Commissioners' churches in London.

Key

Grade	Criteria
I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
II	Buildings of national importance and special interest.
"—" denotes a work that is not graded.

Churches

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Grant in £	Architect	Notes and refs.	Grade
St Paul's Shadwell, Stepney 51.5094°N -0.052°W		1817–21		John Walters	Rebuilding of an earlier church, with a tower and spire.
St Philip, Stepney		1818–19	3,500	John Walters	Gothic Revival with pinnacles. Demolished.
St Philip, Regent Street, Westminster		1819–22	2,000	George Repton	Greek Revival with a portico and cupola. Demolished about 1875.
St Anne, Wandsworth 51.4549°N -0.1876°W		1820–22	14,511	Robert Smirke	Neoclassical Ionic with a portico and tower. Chancel added 1896.
St Luke's Church, Chelsea 51.4897°N -0.1694°W		1820–24	8,333	James Savage	Gothic Revival with a tower and a west arcade.
St Mary, Bryanston Square 51.5198°N -0.1619°W		1821–23	14,955	Robert Smirke	Neoclassical Ionic with a south portico and tower.
St James, Hackney West		1821–23	17,910	Robert Smirke	Neoclassical Doric with a portico, and cupola. Bombed 1940–41.
St Clement's King Square, Finsbury 51.5277°N -0.0978°W		1822–23	14,200	Thomas Hardwick	Neoclassical Ionic with a portico and steeple. Altered in 1870. Bombed but restored.
St Matthew, Brixton 51.4597°N -0.116°W		1822–24	7,917	Charles Porden	Neoclassical Doric with a west portico and an east tower. Restored.
St George, Camberwell 51.4817°N -0.0851°W		1822–24	5,000	Francis Octavius Bedford	Neoclassical Doric with a portico and tower. Altered in 1893 and 1909; closed in 1970. Now in residential use.
St Mark, Kennington 51.4814°N -0.112°W		1822–24	7,651	David Roper and A. B. Clayton	Neoclassical Doric with a portico and steeple. Bombed but restored in 1949.
All Souls, Langham Place, Marylebone 51.518°N -0.1432°W		1822–24	12,819	John Nash	Greek Revival with a portico and spire. Restored in the 1950s.
Christ Church, Cosway Street, Marylebone 51.5216°N -0.1665°W		1822–24	13,804	Thomas Hardwick	Neoclassical Ionic with a portico and tower. Redundant.
St Mary, Greenwich		1823–24	11,285	George Basevi	Neoclassical Ionic with a portico and tower. Demolished in 1935.
Holy Trinity, Newington 51.4985°N -0.0939°W		1823–24	8,960	Francis Octavius Bedford	Neoclassical Corinthian with a north portico and a tower. Converted 1975 into a concert hall.
St Peter, Walworth 51.4866°N -0.0926°W		1823–24	9,354	John Soane	Greek Revival with a tower.
St John, Waterloo 51.5045°N -0.1121°W		1823–24	9,976	Francis Octavius Bedford	Neoclassical Doric with a portico, tower and spire. Bombed but restored.
St George (Hanover Chapel), Regent Street, Westminster		1823–24	5,556	Charles Robert Cockerell	Neoclassical Ionic with a portico and two west towers. Demolished in 1896.
St Luke, West Norwood 51.4323°N -0.1035°W		1823–25	6,449	Francis Octavius Bedford	Neoclassical Corinthian with a portico and steeple. Altered 1870.
St John the Baptist, Hoxton 51.5305°N -0.0836°W		1824–26	16,444	Francis Edwards	Neoclassical Ionic with a tower.
St Peter, Eaton Square, Belgravia 51.4979°N -0.1493°W		1824–27	5,556	Henry Hakewill	Neoclassical Ionic with a portico and tower.
St Mark, Clerkenwell 51.5301°N -0.1088°W		1825–27	15,893	William Chadwell Mylne	Gothic Revival with a tower.
St Mary, Haggerston		1825–27	15,803	John Nash	Gothic Revival with a tower. Bombed 1940–41.
St Mark, North Audley Street, Westminster 51.5131°N -0.1532°W		1825–27	5,556	J. P. Gandy-Deering	Neoclassical Ionic with a portico and turrets. Altered in 1878 and 2005.
Holy Trinity, Marylebone 51.5245°N -0.1437°W		1826–27	19,041	Sir John Soane	Greek Revival with a tower. Chancel added 1878. Internal reconstruction 1956.
St John, Bethnal Green 51.5276°N -0.055°W		1826–28	18,226	John Soane	Greek Revival with a tower. Damaged by fire in 1870; additions made in 1888.^[1]
Holy Trinity, Islington 51.5374°N -0.1082°W		1826–28	9,231	Charles Barry	Restored.
St John, Islington 51.5638°N -0.1303°W		1826–28	9,958	Charles Barry	Gothic Revival with a west tower in brick.
St Paul, Islington 51.5465°N -0.0878°W		1826–28	8,654	Charles Barry	Gothic Revival with an east tower in brick. Converted in 2004.
Holy Trinity, Brompton 51.4978°N -0.17°W		1826–29	7,407	Thomas Leverton Donaldson	Gothic Revival with a tower. Chancel added in 1878.
St Bartholomew, Sydenham 51.4279°N -0.0581°W		1826–31	9,325	Lewis Vulliamy	Gothic Revival with a tower. Chancel 1857; further additions in 1883.
St George, Battersea		1827–28	3,111	Edward Blore	Gothic Revival with a bell turret. Demolished.
St James, Croydon 51.3816°N -0.095°W		1827–28	1,474	Robert Wallace	Gothic Revival with a belfry. Chancel added 1881.
St Mary the Less, Lambeth		1827–28	5,801	Francis Octavius Bedford	Gothic Revival with a bell turret and spire. Demolished about 1960.
St John, Walham Green 51.4812°N -0.1988°W		1827–28	6,957	George Ledwell Taylor	Gothic Revival with a west tower and lancet windows.
St Paul, Winchmore Hill 51.6354°N -0.1059°W		1827–28	3,250	John Davies	Gothic Revival with a bell turret. Chancel added in 1873.
St James, Bermondsey 51.497°N -0.0668°W		1827–29	17,666	James Savage	Greek Revival with a tower.
All Saints, Beulah Hill, Croydon 51.4111°N -0.0869°W		1827–29	5,026	James Savage	Gothic Revival in brick with four turrets. Chancel added in 1861.
St Peter, Hammersmith 51.4914°N -0.242°W		1827–29	9,099	Edward Lapidge	Neoclassical Doric with a west tower.
St Barnabas, Kensington 51.4991°N -0.2064°W		1827–29	7,983	Lewis Vulliamy	Gothic Revival with corner turrets. Additions in 1861 and 1909.
Holy Trinity, Chelsea		1828–29	6,729	James Savage	Gothic Revival with two west towers and a spire. Demolished 1890.
Holy Trinity, Hounslow		1828–29	3,730	Henry Mawley	Gothic Revival with turrets and dwarf spires. Enlarged 1857; damaged by fire 1943; replaced 1961.
St Mary, Plaistow, Newham		1828–29	3,100	Edward Blore	Gothic Revival with turrets and a belfry. Replaced in 1889–94.
Holy Trinity, Tottenham Green 51.5883°N -0.0715°W		1828–29	3,205	James Savage	Gothic Revival with two east and two west turrets.
All Saints, Skinner Street, City of London		1828–30	10,686	Michael Meredith	Gothic Revival style. Demolished about 1869.
Holy Trinity, Camden		1829–31	8,521	Francis Octavius Bedford^[2]	Gothic Revival with a turret and spire. Replaced 1910.
St John the Baptist, Hampton Wick 51.4118°N -0.3128°W		1829–31	4,558	Edward Lapidge	Gothic Revival with a bell turret. Chancel added 1888.
St Mary, Ilford 51.5616°N 0.0878°W		1829–31	3,117	James Savage	Gothic Revival with a tower. Chancel added 1920.
St John, Richmond 51.4642°N -0.3004°W		1829–31	3,133	Lewis Vulliamy	Gothic Revival with a cupola. Chancel added 1904–05.
St James, Enfield Highway 51.6559°N -0.0471°W		1830	2,146	William Conrad Lochner	Gothic Revival style. Chancel added 1864.
St John the Evangelist, Hyde Park		1830–31	6,275	Charles Fowler	Gothic Revival with a belfry. Altered 1888.
St Michael, Highgate 51.5689°N -0.1503°W		1830–32	4,811	Lewis Vulliamy	Gothic Revival with a tower and a spire. Chancel added 1881.
St Peter, Saffron Hill, Camden Town		1830–32	16,219	Charles Barry	Gothic Revival with two west turrets. Demolished 1955.
Christ Church, Woburn Square, Bloomsbury		1831–32	5,097	Lewis Vulliamy	Gothic Revival with a tower and a spire. Demolished.
St Philip, Clerkenwell		1831–32	4,893	Edward Buckton Lamb	Gothic Revival with a belfry. Demolished.
St John the Evangelist, Stratford, Newham 51.5418°N 0.003°W		1832–33	6,200	Edward Blore	Gothic Revival with a west tower and spire. Chancel added in 1882.
St Michael, Burleigh Street, Westminster		1832–34	7,478	James Savage	Gothic Revival with a spire and clerestory. Demolished about 1909.
Holy Trinity, Woolwich		1833	10	John Douglas Hopkins	Georgian Revival, stuccoed with a west tower. Demolished.
St Mary the Virgin, Vincent Square, Westminster		1835–36	2,898	Edward Blore	Gothic Revival with a steeple. Demolished.
Holy Trinity, Gough Square, City of London		1837	1,000	John Shaw, Jr.	Gothic Revival with a tower. Demolished 1913.
Holy Trinity, Holborn		1837–38	6,109	James Pennethorne	Greek Revival with a tower. Demolished.
Holy Trinity, Rotherhithe		1837–38	1,161	Sampson Kempthorne	Gothic Revival with a tower. Bombed; demolished.
St Luke, Berwick Street, Westminster		1837–39	2,500	Edward Blore	Gothic Revival with a belfry. Demolished.
Holy Trinity, Blackheath		1838–39	1,000	James William Wild	Gothic Revival with two eastern turrets and spires. Bombed; demolished.
Holy Trinity, Lambeth		1838–39	1,000	Edward Blore	Norman Revival style with a tower. Bombed; demolished.
All Saints, Rotherhithe		c. 1839	949	Sampson Kempthorne	Gothic Revival style. Demolished.
Holy Trinity, Barkingside 51.5895°N 0.0766°W		1839–40	355	Edward Blore	Norman Revival with a belfry. Chancel added in 1875.
St Mary Magdalene, Camberwell		1839–40	1,000	Robert Palmer Browne	Gothic Revival with a tower and a spire. Bombed; demolished.
St Saviour, Chelsea 51.4976°N -0.1627°W		1839–40	500	George Basevi	Norman Revival style with turrets. Enlarged 1878; chancel added 1890.
St James, Clapton 51.5574°N -0.0563°W		c. 1840	912	Edward Charles Hakewill	Gothic Revival style. Chancel added 1902.
St Philip, Dalston		c. 1840	1,000	Henry Duesbury	Gothic Revival style. Demolished.
St Andrew, Bethnal Green		1840–41	500	Thomas Henry Wyatt and Brandon	Lombard style with a northeast tower. Demolished 1960.
St Peter, Bethnal Green 51.5302°N -0.0646°W		1840–41	500	Lewis Vulliamy	Norman Revival style with a west steeple; in flint.
St Michael, Stockwell 51.4718°N -0.1172°W		1840–41	1,200	William Rogers	Gothic Revival with an east tower and spire. Since restored.
Christ Church, Streatham 51.4445°N -0.1216°W		1840–41	300	James William Wild	Byzantine Revival with a southwest campanile. Bombed; restored.
St Paul, Wilton Place, Westminster 51.5014°N -0.1558°W		1840–41	1,000	Thomas Cundy (junior)	Gothic Revival with a tower. Altered in 1870 and 1891.
St James-the-Less, Bethnal Green 51.5318°N -0.0479°W		1840–42	500	Lewis Vulliamy	Norman Revival style. Bombed 1940; restored 1961.
St Thomas, Noak Hill, Havering 51.6237°N 0.2247°W		1841	150	George Smith	Tudor Revival style with a tower, spire and transepts.
St Peter, Norbiton, Kingston upon Thames 51.4109°N -0.2914°W		1841	500	George Gilbert Scott and Moffatt	Norman Revival style. Chancel added 1866.
St Philip, Bethnal Green		1841–42	500	Thomas Larkins Walker	Norman Revival style with two west towers in brick. Converted.
Emmanuel, Camberwell		1841–42	992	Thomas Bellamy	Norman Revival with two stunted west towers. Demolished about 1957.
St Mary Magdalene, Southwark		1841–42	1,696	Benjamin Ferrey	Gothic Revival with a turret and transepts.
St James, Sussex Gardens, Paddington 51.5131°N -0.1763°W		1841–43	2,000	John Goldicutt and George Gutch	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Rebuilt in 1881, incorporating the chancel as a chapel.
Christ Church, Turnham Green 51.4921°N -0.2651°W		1841–43	500	George Gilbert Scott and Moffatt	Gothic Revival style. Chancel added 1889.
St Batholomew, Bethnal Green		1842–43	800	William Railton	Gothic Revival style. Converted into flats 1983.
Christ Church, Broadway, Westminster		1842–43	1,441	Ambrose Poynter	Gothic Revival style. Demolished 1954.
St Jude, Chelsea		1842–44	500	George Basevi	Gothic Revival with southwest tower. Demolished 1934.
St Paul, Herne Hill 51.4548°N -0.0993°W		1843–44	700	George Alexander	Gothic Revival with a west tower and spire. Rebuilt after a fire in 1858.
St John the Evangelist, Kensal Green 51.528°N -0.2153°W		1843–44	500	Henry Kendall	Norman Revival with two west towers. Chancel added later.
Christ Church, Camden		1844	1,000	Benjamin Ferrey	Gothic Revival with a spire. Demolished about 1931.
St James, Kensington 51.5083°N -0.2132°W		1844–45	500	Lewis Vulliamy	Gothic Revival with a tower. Chancel added 1876.
All Saints, Lambeth		1844–45	6,513	William Rogers	Norman Revival style with a tower. Demolished about 1899.
Holy Trinity, Paddington		1844–46	1,000	Thomas Cundy (junior)	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Demolished.
St John the Evangelist, St Pancras		c. 1845	300	Hugh Smith	Romanesque Revival style with a southwest tower. Bombed; demolished.
St Jude, Bethnal Green		1845–46	500	Henry Clutton	Lombard style with a transeptal towers. Bombed; demolished.
St Jude, Whitechapel		1845–46	2,103	Frederick John Francis	Gothic Revival with a southwest tower. Demolished 1927.
St John, Woolwich 51.5027°N 0.0429°W		1845–46	2,012	Francis E. H. Fowler	Gothic Revival style. Restored 1912.
St Barnabas, Homerton 51.5489°N -0.0426°W		1845–47	1,050	Arthur Ashpitel	Gothic Revival with a west tower. Bombed; restored 1956.
St John of Jerusalem, South Hackney 51.5404°N -0.0461°W		1845–47	1,000	Edward Charles Hakewill	Gothic Revival with a west steeple and transepts.
St Andrew, Marylebone		1846	800	Samuel Daukes	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Re-erected at Kingsbury 1933.
St Simon Zelotes, Bethnal Green		c. 1846	500	Benjamin Ferrey	Gothic Revival with a bellcote. Demolished.
St Matthias, Bethnal Green		1846–47	1,200	Thomas Henry Wyatt	Italianate with a southwest tower and spire. Demolished 1957.
All Saints, Paddington		1846–47	100	Henry Clutton	Gothic Revival with a bell turret. Burnt down 1895.
St Paul, Bermondsey		1846–48	400	Samuel Sanders Teulon	Gothic Revival style. Chancel added 1901. Demolished.
Christ Church, Bermondsey		1847–48	300	William B. Hays	Norman Revival style. Demolished.
Christ Church, Highbury 51.5525°N -0.0987°W		1847–48	50	Thomas Allom	Gothic Revival with a central octagon. Altered in 1872 and 1911.
St Paul, Camden Square, Camden Town		1847–49	500	Frederick Ordish and John Johnson	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Demolished.
Christ Church, Greenwich		1847–49	450	John Brown	Gothic Revival with a tower. Bombed; converted.
St Stephen, St John's Wood		c. 1848	500	Samuel Daukes	Gothic Revival with a southeast tower. Demolished.
Christ Church, Battersea		1848–49	200	Lee and Thomas Bury	Gothic Revival style. Demolished 1944.
All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, Westminster 51.5006°N -0.1691°W		1848–49	2,000	Lewis Vulliamy	Italianate with a tower. From 1955 Russian Orthodox Cathedral.
St James, Edmonton		1849	100	Edward Ellis	Gothic Revival style. Redundant.
St Barnabas, Lambeth		c. 1849	200	Joseph Clarke and James Humphreys	Gothic Revival style.
St Paul, Rotherhithe		c. 1849	150	William Beatson	Demolished.
Holy Trinity, Camden Town 51.5441°N -0.145°W		1849–50	400	Thomas Henry Wyatt and Brandon	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire.
St Thomas, Charlton 51.4887°N 0.0466°W		1849–50	500	Joseph Gwilt	Norman Revival style. Apse added 1893.
St Mary, The Boltons, Kensington 51.4891°N -0.1842°W		1849–50	85	George Godwin	Gothic Revival with a Greek cross plan. Bombed; restored.
St Stephen Shepherd's Bush 51.5058°N -0.229°W		1849–50	370	Anthony Salvin	Gothic Revival with a tower.
St Matthew, Great Peter Street, Westminster 51.497°N -0.1309°W		1849–50	2,000	George Gilbert Scott	Gothic Revival style. Restored 1984 after a fire.
St Peter, Croydon 51.3634°N -0.0955°W		1849–51	250	George Gilbert Scott	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire.
Holy Trinity, Bessborough Gardens, Westminster 51.4887°N -0.1306°W		1849–52	10	John Loughborough Pearson	Gothic Revival style. Demolished 1954.
St Saviour, Hampstead 51.5449°N -0.158°W		1849–56	5	Edward Middleton Barry	Gothic Revival style.
St Matthew, Islington		c. 1850	50	Alexander Dick Gough	Gothic Revival style. Bombed; demolished.
Emmanuel, Forest Gate 51.5462°N 0.0262°W		1850–51	125	George Gilbert Scott	Gothic Revival style.
Christ Church, Broad Green, Croydon		1851	3,000	Samuel Sanders Teulon	Gothic Revival with transepts. Chancel enlarged in 1860.
Christ Church, Stratford Marsh		1851	350	John Johnson	Gothic Revival with a tower. Replaced about 1974.
St Mark, Camden Town 51.5379°N -0.1523°W		1851–53	250	Thomas Little	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Enlarged 1890; restored 1957.
St Matthias, Stoke Newington 51.5525°N -0.0795°W		1851–53	250	William Butterfield	Gothic Revival with a central tower. Bombed; restored.
Christ Church, Forest Hill 51.4381°N -0.0484°W		1851–56	140	Ewan Christian	Gothic Revival with a west steeple. Converted into residential accommodation 2004.
St Mark, South Norwood, Croydon 51.3989°N -0.0704°W		1852	100	Thomas Finden and Thomas Lewis	Gothic Revival with a west bell turret. Aisles added in 1864, chancel 1869.
St John the Evangelist, Angell Town, Brixton 51.4675°N -0.1093°W		1852–53	10	Benjamin Ferrey	Gothic Revival with a west tower. North transept added 1876; damaged by fire in 1947 and restored.
St John the Evangelist, Limehouse		1852–53	400	Henry Clutton	Gothic Revival with a turret. Demolished.
St Andrew, Islington 51.5411°N -0.1153°W		c. 1852–54	350	Francis Newman and John Johnson	Gothic Revival with a southwest tower and transepts.
St Mark, Islington 51.5651°N -0.1158°W		c. 1853	210	Alexander Dick Gough	Gothic Revival style. Aisles added 1884.
St James, Hatcham		1853–54	400	Walter Granville	Gothic Revival style. Now a dance centre.
St Andrew, Ashley Place, Westminster		1853–55	2,000	George Gilbert Scott	Gothic Revival with a turret. Demolished about 1955.
St John, Blackheath 51.4758°N 0.0186°W		c. 1854	5	Arthur Ashpitel	Gothic Revival style.
St Luke, Marylebone		c. 1854	10	Ewan Christian	Gothic Revival with a south tower. Demolished other than the tower.
St Jude, Islington 51.5489°N -0.0805°W		1854–55	250	Alexander Dick Gough	Gothic Revival with south tower and spire. Chancel and clerestory added 1871.
Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Bayswater 51.512°N -0.1804°W		1854–55	10	Frederick and Horace Francis	Gothic Revival style. Body converted into residential use; tower remains.
Christ Church, Lambeth		1855	5	Vernon Arnold	Italianate style. Demolished 1899.
St Andrew, Lambeth		c. 1855	230	Samuel Sanders Teulon	Gothic Revival with northwest steeple. Demolished 1955.
St John the Baptist, Isleworth 51.4721°N -0.3365°W		1855–56	10	James Deason	Gothic Revival style.
St Saviour, Warwick Avenue, Paddington		c. 1855–56	5	Thomas Little	Gothic Revival style. Chancel added 1883. Demolished.
St Stephen's Church, Westbourne Park, Paddington		c. 1855–56	10	Frederick and Horace Francis	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Apse added 1900.
All Saints, Shoreditch 51.5391°N -0.0735°W		1856	200	Philip Hardwick	Gothic Revival style.

See also

• List of Commissioners' churches in eastern England
• List of Commissioners' churches in the English Midlands
• List of Commissioners' churches in Northeast and Northwest England
• List of Commissioners' churches in southwest England
• List of Commissioners' churches in Wales
• List of Commissioners' churches in Yorkshire

References

CitationsSources

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sir John Soane: 1826–1870 . 2010 . St John on Bethnal Green Church . 8 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110701121150/http://www.stjohnonbethnalgreen.org/history/sir_john_soane.html . 1 July 2011 . live.
2. Web site: Black Prince Road and Doris Street . Sir Howard Roberts and Walter H. Godfrey (editors) . Survey of London: volume 23: Lambeth: South Bank and Vauxhall . Institute of Historical Research . 1951 . 6 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120903144139/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47060 . 3 September 2012 . live.