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Balham
St John the Divine

Built: 1883/1899
Architect: R J Withers/E H Elphick
Diocesan Record Office: London Metropolitan Archives

The church was declared redundant in 1985 and has been leased for residential use.  The building is within the parish of Balham, St Mary & St John the Divine.

Description

"An appeal for funds was made in 1880. The design was made by R J Withers, and the foundation stone of the chancel was laid on 10 November 1883. The temporary nave remained, and the debt was not paid off until 1897.

Plans were then made for the completion of the nave and aisles, and those of E H Elphick, a member of the congregation, were chosen: work was begun in 1899, and the consecration was on 16 October 1900. It is an unremarkable church, built of the usual stock brick, relieved with red: the chancel has been whitened. Some glass in the south aisle was designed by the Rev Ernest Geldart, and executed by Curtis, Ward and Hughes. The rood and beam are by Caröe and Passmore, 1915."

(from 'Parish Churches of London', Basil F L Clarke, Batsford, 1966)

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