Dilston Grove (former church)
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Dilston Grove (former church)
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 22 May 2015
One of a pair of buildings currently known as Dilston Grove (after the name of a local street that no longer exists since post-war redevelopment). The site is now off Abbeyfield Road on the edge of Southwark Park. This older building dates from 1912. It was originally known as the Clare College Mission (being founded by graduates of that Cambridge college) and later as the Church of the Epiphany. The architects were John Simpson & Maxwell Ayrton, and it is notable for being one of the earliest reinforced concrete (then known as ferro-concrete) churches in the UK. Now listed grade 2 (list entry number 1385919) mainly for that reason. It was declared redundant as a church c.1950, and converted to artists' studios in the 1960's. Since 2010 it has been used as a single empty space for large scale art installations.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.491816
Longitude
-0.054377