St Augustine with St Philip's Church, Whitechapel

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St Augustine with St Philip's Church
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Whitechapel Library in 2020
St Augustine with St Philip's Church, Whitechapel
General information
Architectural style Victorian
Location Whitechapel, London, England
Coordinates 51°31′02″N0°03′38″W / 51.5173°N 0.0605°W / 51.5173; -0.0605
Opened27 October 1892
Website
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The St Augustine with St Philip's Church is a Grade II* listed former Victorian church in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, subsequently converted for use as a medical library for Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and known as the Whitechapel Library. [1] [2] [3]

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History

The red-brick church was designed by Arthur Cawston, built in 1888–1892, located behind the former Royal London Hospital. It is on the site of an earlier chapel built in 1818–1821 dedicated to St Philip. After the Second World War it was combined with the parish of St Augustine's, Stepney, and made redundant in 1979. It was converted into a medical library in 1985–1988 and opened by Anne, Princess Royal, on 21 November 1988. [1] The former Royal London Hospital Museum was located in the crypt of St Philip's Church between c2000 and 2020.

Interior

There are eight medically themed stained-glass windows designed by Johannes Schreiter. These represent the London Hospital, Gastroenterology, AIDS/HIV, Ethics, Medical Diagnosis, the Influenza Pandemic, Molecular Biology and the 'Elephant Man'. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "St Philip's Church Library and the Royal London Museum". Survey of London. 1 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "ST AUGUSTINE WITH ST PHILIP'S CHURCH, STEPNEY WAY E1 (1065066)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "St Augustine with St Philip's Church". British Listed Buildings.
  4. ↑ Swash, Caroline (2002). Medical Science and Stained Glass: The Johannes Schreiter Windows at the Medical Library the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel. Malvern Arts Press Ltd. ISBN   9780954105518.
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