St George's church, Westcombe Park
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St George's church, Westcombe Park
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 11 Feb 2010
St George's Anglican church is built on a hill, with the worship area (nave) at the upper level entered from Glenluce Road, and a lower hall facing Kirkside Road on this north side. It originally had its own parish but is now part of the East Greenwich Team Ministry http://www.southwark.anglican.org/parishes/098bl The church was built in 1890-92 to the designs of Newman & Newman. A story often told of this building is that in the Silvertown explosion in 1917 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvertown_explosion the roof was lifted and returned four inches out of place. Other sources suggest this actually occurred in the second world war. Either way, the damage was put right when repairs were carried out around 1950.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.481225
Longitude
0.018911