Church of St Margaret

CHURCH OF ST MARGARET, BARCOMBE AVENUE SW2

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1249571
Date first listed:
27-Mar-1981
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST MARGARET, BARCOMBE AVENUE SW2
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Date:
1999-08-29
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1249571
Date first listed:
27-Mar-1981
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH OF ST MARGARET, BARCOMBE AVENUE SW2

Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST MARGARET, BARCOMBE AVENUE SW2

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Greater London Authority
District:
Lambeth (London Borough)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TQ 30790 72730

Details

BARCOMBE AVENUE SW2 1. (north side) 5023 Church of St Margaret TQ 3072 30/371

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2. Tall church of red brick with stone dressings. Nave has octagonal west turrets with spirelets, low pent aisles, north end south gabled porches. Low, canted baptistery projection at west. Tall, gabled transepts; chancel with short gabled Lady Chapel to south and organ chamber to north. High-pitched tiled roofs with bell-turret at crossing. Austere interior has 5-bay nave with piers of new red sandstone. Timber roof with ogee curved braces. Ornate pulpit with sounding board. Marble lined sanctuary with mosaic floor. Wood reredos dated 1909, possibly Flemish, with panels of crucifixion, Christ in Majesty, saints and bishops.

Listing NGR: TQ3079072730

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431737
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