Church of St Stephen
CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN, ROCHESTER ROW SW1
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1235247
- Date first listed:
- 24-Feb-1958
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN, ROCHESTER ROW SW1
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1235247
- Date first listed:
- 24-Feb-1958
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN, ROCHESTER ROW SW1
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN, ROCHESTER ROW SW1
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- City of Westminster (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 29517 79006
Details
TQ 2979 SE and 2978 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER ROCHESTER ROW, SW1 100/24 ; 105/44 CHURCH OF ST. STEPHEN 24.2.58 - II* Church. 1847-49 by Benjamin Ferrey. Bargate ragstone and Blyth sandstone with Caen stone cladding interior, slate roof; the stonework coursed with fine ashlar dressings. Early example of scholarly Decorated Gothic Revival by this pupil of Pugin. North west tower with spire (truncated in the 1960s), south transept and long chancel. Traceried aisle windows divided by buttresses and tall clerestory. Interior has 5 bay arcade, the capitals and carving generally by G.P. White; timber trussed roof. Of the original decoration described in the Ecclesiologist of June 1850 very little survives apart from elements of painted decoration above the chancel arch by Hudson; one original window of 1850 by Wailes survives in the south aisle where there is also a Morris & Co. window of 1890, designed by Burne Jones.
Listing NGR: TQ2951779006
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 425881
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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Ecclesiologist in June, (1850)
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