Church of Saint Silas the Martyr | |
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51°32′48″N0°09′09″W / 51.5466°N 0.1524°W | |
Location | Kentish Town, London |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
Website | www |
History | |
Status | Active |
Consecrated | 26 October 1912 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Parish church |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Administration | |
Diocese | London |
Episcopal area | Edmonton |
Archdeaconry | Hampstead |
Deanery | South Camden |
Parish | St. Silas the Martyr and Holy Trinity with St. Barnabas Kentish Town |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Jonathan Baker |
Vicar(s) | Philip Corbett SSC |
Assistant priest(s) | Matthew Burridge |
The Church of Saint Silas the Martyr is a Church of England parish church in Kentish Town, London. The church is a grade II* listed building. [1]
The church was built from 1911 to 1913, and designed by the architect Ernest Charles Shearman. [1] The Church of St Silas replaced an earlier mission church. [1] The building was funded through a £7,000 donation in the will of Henry Howard Paul, a wealthy American who had spent most of his career in the United Kingdom. [2] The church was consecrated on 26 October 1912 by Arthur Winnington-Ingram, the then Bishop of London. [2]
On 10 June 1954, the church was designated a grade II* listed building. [1]
The church stands in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England. [2]
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