Latitude: 51.4909 / 51°29'27"N
Longitude: -0.0886 / 0°5'18"W
OS Eastings: 532797
OS Northings: 178616
OS Grid: TQ327786
Mapcode National: GBR SM.7Q
Mapcode Global: VHGR0.FS0F
Plus Code: 9C3XFWR6+9H
Entry Name: Roman Catholic Church of the English Martyrs
Listing Date: 27 September 1972
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1385818
English Heritage Legacy ID: 471230
Also known as: Church of the English Martyrs, Walworth
ID on this website: 101385818
Location: Walworth, Southwark, London, SE17
County: London
District: Southwark
Electoral Ward/Division: East Walworth
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Southwark
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Walworth St John
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Church building
SOUTHWARK
TQ3278 RODNEY ROAD 636-1/8/634 (South West side) 27/09/72 Roman Catholic Church of the English Martyrs
GV II
Roman Catholic church. 1902-3. By FW Tasker architect; altar and reredos by FG Broadbent & Partners, 1961; re-ordered 1980s. MATERIALS: yellow stock brick with random blue headers, red brick dressings and blue brick plinth; pitched slate roof with slender slated spirelet. STYLE: Early English Gothic. PLAN: asymmetrical rectangular building with west elevation on Flint Street, staircase turret; 1-storey Lady Chapel curved extension to right on Rodney Road. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with buttressed gable end with 3 tall lancets to west elevation, staircase turret to left. Gabled entrance to Lady Chapel extension with pointed arch and moulded red brick surround. Groups of 3 lancet windows in upper stage only to side elevations. INTERIOR: red brick. Tall nave of 5 bays with pointed arches, timber rafter roof and lofty side chapels with transverse pointed tunnel vaults, either side. Sanctuary is east extension of nave and has plastered walls with round blank arcading on ground stage, 3 cusped lancets above; rib-vaulted roof. Chancel arch on tall, single round shafts with arrises. Baptistry (formerly choir) at east end of south ambulatory. Lady Chapel extension to south has coffered ceiling and recessed windows in bays with splayed reveals and transverse rib vaults. Organ gallery at west end.
Listing NGR: TQ3279778616
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