St Mary Magdalene is a fine church – high gothic, tall and brick, designed by G.E. Street as an outpost of All Saints, Margaret Street, originally surrounded by working class housing, now by tower blocks:-
Inside is high church, with crucifixes shrouded for lent and a reredos by Martin Travers:-
Best of all is the Chapel of St. Sepulchre downstairs, locked up while waiting for restoration, designed by Ninian Comper in memory of Father West:-
I didn’t know about this church. I must go and have a look,
It’s wonderful – and not so far from you. Charles
It’s excellent. Yet another example of my poor judgment. I r emember saying that, lovely though this is, the last thing that North London needed was yet another music venue.
How wrong I was – it’s terrific and is very busy with all sorts of music. The acoustics are very good too.
Hello Charles..would love to welcome you to Clapham for my latest exhibition (opens tomorrow for 2 weeks…BBC News On Line may well feature it tomorrow within In Pictures)…and think you’ll be intrigued by the church architecture! Apologies,,,thought I’d saved your new e-mail address, but can’t now find it! Let me know. Very best Jim
Dear Jim, Yes, I’d love to come. New email address is c@charlessaumarezsmith.com . Charles
Your new blog is as good as ever