St Silas Church, Kentish Town
The Church of Saint Silas the Martyr is a Church of England parish church in Kentish Town, London. The church is a grade II* listed building.[1]
History
The church was built from 1911 to 1913, and designed by the architect Ernest Charles Shearman.[1] The Church of St Silas replaced an earlier mission church.[1] The building was funded through a £7,000 donation in the will of Henry Howard Paul, a wealthy American who had spent most of his career in the United Kingdom.[2] The church was consecrated on 26 October 1912 by Arthur Winnington-Ingram, the then Bishop of London.[2]
On 10 June 1954, the church was designated a grade II* listed building.[1]
Present day
The church stands in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England.[2]
Gallery
References
- ^ a b c d "CHURCH OF ST SILAS THE MARTYR". The Heritage List. Historic England. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ a b c "History". Saint Silas the Martyr. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
External links
- Church website
- A Church Near You entry
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churches
(pre-1800)
daughter
churches
- Christ Church, Hampstead
- Christ the King, Bloomsbury
- Holy Cross, St Pancras
- St Alban the Martyr, Holborn
- St John, Downshire Hill
- St John the Baptist, Kentish Town
- St Luke, Kentish Town
- St Mark, Regent's Park
- St Martin, Gospel Oak
- St Mary, Primrose Hill
- St Mary, Somers Town
- St Michael, Camden Town
- St Michael, Highgate
- (New) St Pancras
- St Paul, Camden Town
- St Saviour, Hampstead
- St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town
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denominations
- All Saints, Camden Town
- American International Church
- Danish Church
- Hillsong Church London
- Our Lady of Hal, Camden Town
- Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead
- Sacred Heart, Kilburn
- St Anne, Laxton Place
- St Anselm and St Cecilia, Lincoln's Inn Fields
- St Dominic, Belsize Park
- St Etheldreda, Holborn
- St George's Cathedral, St Pancras
- St John's Chapel, Bedford Row
- St Mary, Hampstead
- St Peter's Italian Church, Clerkenwell