St Matthew's, Bethnal Green
| St Matthew Bethnal Green | |
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| Church of St Matthew Bethnal Green | |
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View of St Matthew Bethnal Green | |
| Location | Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic (Inclusive Church)[1] |
| Website | st-matthews.co.uk |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | George Dance the Elder (1743-6); T. E. Knightley (1859-61); J. Anthony Lewis (1958-61) |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | London |
St Matthew's, Bethnal Green, is an 18th-century church in Bethnal Green, London, England. It is an Anglican church in the Diocese of London.[2]
History of the building
The architect of the original church (1743-6) was George Dance the Elder.[3] The church was remodelled by TE Knightley (1861) after a fire,[3] and rebuilt following WWII damage by J Anthony Lewis of Michael Tapper & Lewis,[3] who commissioned the sculptor Don Potter to create Stations of the Cross.[4]
References
- ↑ "Parish life". St Matthew's Church, Bethnal Green. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ↑ "S Matthew, Bethnal Green". The Church of England. Retrieved 11 January 2013. External link in
|publisher=(help) - 1 2 3 Cherry, Bridge; O'Brien, Charles; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2005). The Buildings of England. London 5: East. Yale University Press. p. 554. ISBN 0300107013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ↑ Light, Vivienne (2002). Don Potter: an inspiring century. Brook, New Forest, Hampshire: Canterton Books. p. 166, note 9. ISBN 0-9541627-1-4.
External links
Coordinates: 51°31′31″N 0°4′2″W / 51.52528°N 0.06722°W
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