Church of St Alban the Martyr
CHURCH OF ST ALBAN THE MARTYR, BROOKE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1272353
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Alban the Martyr
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST ALBAN THE MARTYR, BROOKE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1272353
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 11-Jan-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Alban the Martyr
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST ALBAN THE MARTYR, BROOKE STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST ALBAN THE MARTYR, BROOKE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Camden (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 31168 81781
Details
CAMDEN
TQ3181NW BROOKE STREET
798-1/102/117 (North side)
24/10/51 Church of St Alban the Martyr
(Formerly Listed as:
BROOKE STREET
Church of St Alban)
GV II*
Church. Designed 1859, built 1861-62, architect William
Butterfield. Chapel 1891 by CHM Mileham. Burnt out 1941 and
restored 1959-61 by Adrian Gilbert Scott. Red and yellow stock
bricks with stone dressings. Tiled roofs. 7 bays in Gothic
style.
EXTERIOR: very tall, wide, aisled church with short transepts
abutting western tower with saddleback roof. Tower with
projecting, gabled central window with a small turret over. To
either side tall, narrow, Geometric traceried windows. Site
restrictions forced a blank east wall. Entrance through south
transept which forms a small chapel. In entry approach 'Jesus
being Raised from the Dead', sculpture of 1985 by Hans
Feibusch.
INTERIOR: Scott's simple but dignified scheme replacing
Butterfield's elaborate decoration. Tower opens into the nave
by a great arch (Butterfield's). Arcade rebuilt with stone to
lower levels, rendered above. Two-bay chancel with aisles of
one bay and east wall covered by a mural, 'The Trinity in
Glory', by Hans Feibusch, 1966. Stations of the Cross by
Feibusch. Some painted decoration on ribs of ceiling.
Cast-iron parclose screens to aisle chapels. West gallery with
organ. Mackonochie chapel by CHM Mileham survived bombing,
with stained glass 1885 and 1898 by CE Kempe; two stations of
the cross 1912 by Ninian Comper. St Alban's was one of
Butterfield's finest mature works, and remains a powerful
composition.
(Thompson P: William Butterfield: London: -1971).
Listing NGR: TQ3116881781
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 476759
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Thompson, P, William Butterfield Victorian Architect, (1971)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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