St Mary Magdalene church, Woolwich
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St Mary Magdalene church, Woolwich
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 13 Mar 2005
An Anglican parish church on the western edge of the town centre, but in a historically prominent position overlooking the river Thames. This is a view of the East end and South side of the church. The building is listed grade 2* (listed building no. 200362 or Heritage asset number 1358969 from 2011). It was built in 1727-39 "by a Deptford bricklayer, Matthew Spray" but the architect's name is unknown. The east end was rebuilt and extended with transepts in 1893-94 by J.O. Scott, and there were further modifications in the 20th century. These including the screening-off of the upper part of the galleries in 1961 - the North gallery was turned into a Coffee House open Monday to Friday for local workers and the South gallery turned into a Parish Lounge for use for church social events, committee meetings and the like; the glass screens were removed in 2009. The aisles below the galleries were partitioned off to form offices in 1967 to house the local Council of Social Services. At the same time the crypt under the 1890s extension was dug out to form an unusual Youth Club area with a separate entrance, just visible at the right-hand side of the photograph.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.492842
Longitude
0.059329