St Martin's Church, Gospel Oak
St Martin's Church is a Church of England church in Gospel Oak in London, England. Located on Vicars Road, the church building is Grade I listed. The church was built between 1864 and 1866 to a curious-looking design by Edward Buckton Lamb and was discussed by John Summerson in his Victorian Architecture in England. The church was built at the personal cost of John Derby Allcroft to commemorate his late wife. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "the craziest of London’s Victorian churches".
The tower is most notable for its pinnacles, which make it resemble a fairy-tale castle. These pinnacles were removed due to bomb damage in World War II, but were restored in works finishing in 2015.
References
- ^ Walter H. Godfrey and W. McB. Marcham (editors) (1952). "Additional Churches". Survey of London: volume 24: The parish of St Pancras part 4: King’s Cross Neighbourhood. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Historic England. "Church of St Martin (1379098)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Norton 1970
- ^ Colloms, Marianne and Weindling, Dick (2009), Camden Town and Kentish Town, Tempus Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7524 2922-9
- ^ Richardson, John (1997), Kentish Town Past, Historical Publications, ISBN 0-948667-42-7
- ^ "St Martin's Gospel Oak nominated for heritage award". 22 July 2015.
External links
Media related to St Martin's Church, Gospel Oak at Wikimedia Commons- A Church Near You – St Martin's, Gospel Oak
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