Camden: Disused Presbyterian chapel in Camden Park Road, NW1

Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 30 Jul 2006

There is no evidence on the building to ascertain either the type or the name of this former church, which is on the south side of the junction of Camden Park Road and North Villas. The only indication of its age is that the fabric contains a foundation stone that was laid in 1869. The various spaces inside it are now in use as commercial studios. At some stage the church has lost the top of its steeple, and what remains has been adorned unsympathetically by mobile telephone antennae. The church is a well-known landmark, being on the northbound one-way section of the A5200 from King's Cross at the north end of York Way. -*-*- Update of title and description in November 2010 following a request for information from a correspondent: Old large scale Ordnance Survey maps describe the building thus: 1850: Not shown 1873: Described as "English Presbyterian Chapel" 1895: Described as "Presbyterian Chapel" 1916: Described as "Presbyterian Church" 1954: Described as "Warehouse" although I can't zoom in far enough to be certain 1970: As 1954 One of the quirks of Victorian Ordnance Survey maps was to list how many people could be seated in an ecclesiastical establishment, in this case 600! The adjoining building to the left is described as a Lecture Room in 1873 and a Lecture Hall in 1895.

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