St Silas Church, Kentish Town

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Church of Saint Silas the Martyr
File:The Church of S. Silas The Martyr, Kentish Town, St. Silas Place, NW5 - geograph.org.uk - 1458352.jpg
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Location Kentish Town, London
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Anglo-Catholic
Website www.ssilas.co.uk
History
Consecrated 26 October 1912
Architecture
Status Active
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designation Grade II*
Administration
Parish St. Silas the Martyr and Holy Trinity with St. Barnabas Kentish Town
Deanery South Camden
Archdeaconry Hampstead
Episcopal area Edmonton
Diocese London
Clergy
Vicar(s) Graeme Rowlands

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

  • St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London NW5 - East end - geograph.org.uk - 981671.jpg

    Nave towards the altar

  • St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London NW5 - West end - geograph.org.uk - 981668.jpg

    Nave towards the font

  • St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London NW5 - Baldacchino - geograph.org.uk - 981672.jpg

    Altar with ciborium

  • St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London NW5 - St Thomas' Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 981669.jpg

    Side chapel dedicated to St Thomas

  • St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London NW5 - Lady Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 981675.jpg

    Lady chapel

References

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External links

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