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Thompson Close, ILFORD, IG1 1ZB

This vibrant lighting shop has been here for about 3 years and for obvious reasons has fast become my favourite shop in this whole parade of shops, especially at night! It has very recently diversified into selling bathroom supplies too. The shop name has colour-changing LEDs and there are several types of LED lights and chandeliers on display in its window. Looking north-northwest.

Looking north-northwest. The Welcome Project building is on the right.

The High Road offers a wide range of places of worship - Church of England, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Spiritualist, Pentecostal and Evangelical all within a kilometre. This is the Pentecostal church.

Obviously connected to the parish church nearby Image The motto over the door is 'avita pro fide' which may be translated 'for the ancestral faith' or 'for the faith of our ancestors'.

Built at the junction of the High Road and Green Lane in 1907 to the designs of George Baines and Son, renowned architects of several Baptist Churches, the church was erected in response to the rapid urbanization of Ilford around the turn of the century. Together with its Institute (out of sight to the rear in this photograph) the whole ensemble is a Grade II Listed Building. This listing was made, according to the English Heritage National database, on the basis that it has special architectural interest as an Edwardian Baptist church with an attached institute with high architectural quality and completeness. Specific qualities that the listing mentions are its prominent corner location, its red brick Perpendicular style elevations and bold tower, its tracery throughout with its Art Nouveau qualities, its interiors with their well surviving original fittings and roof structure, and the dramatic spatial arrangements inside the church. There is a comprehensive description of the architecture on the English Heritage web page here http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1391712&searchtype=mapsearch

The building now hosts a banqueting suite and Christ Glory Word Ministries. The High Road offers a wide range of places of worship - Church of England, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Spiritualist, Pentecostal and Evangelical all within a kilometre.

The High Road offers a wide range of places of worship - Church of England, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Spiritualist, Pentecostal and Evangelical all within a kilometre. The Baptists' building of 1907 by George Baines in arts-and-crafts style is listed grade II (list entry 1391712).

Looking north-northwest.