St Silas Church, Kentish Town

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Church of Saint Silas the Martyr
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St Silas Church, Kentish Town
51°32′48″N0°09′09″W / 51.5466°N 0.1524°W / 51.5466; -0.1524
LocationKentish Town, London
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Anglo-Catholic
Website www.ssilas.co.uk
History
StatusActive
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 ( AEO )
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, England. The church is a grade II* listed building. [1]

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History

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]

Present day

The church stands in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "CHURCH OF ST SILAS THE MARTYR". The Heritage List. Historic England. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "History". Saint Silas the Martyr. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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