Description

CAMDEN

TQ3081SW ENDELL STREET
798-1/105/386 (South West side)
15/01/73 No.79
Swiss Protestant Church
(Formerly Listed as:
ENDELL STREET
(South West side)
No.79 (London Swiss Church))

GV II

Swiss Protestant church. 1853-4. By George Vulliamy.
Rusticated stucco. 2-storeyed symmetrical facade of 3 bays
with slightly projecting central entrance bay. Ionic pilasters
and engaged columns, with seraphim capitals, on a podium rise
through 2 storeys carrying the entablature with modillion
cornice and parapet with central feature of a pediment on
which a book emitting rays, surmounted by a ball at the apex;
matching balls at the corners of building. Parapet inscribed A
D EGLISE-SUISSE 1854. Central architraved doorway with
console-bracketed dentil cornice and double fielded panelled
doors, above which a continuous Vitruvian scroll type frieze
and a Diocletian window with console keystone with a seraphim.
Flanking bays with square-headed 1st floor windows and
round-arched ground floor window.
INTERIOR: not inspected but noted to be of Classical style
with 1st floor gallery at east end and apsed western
sanctuary. Vaulted roof carried on brackets.

Listing NGR: TQ3011481265

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26347800

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)