Location Name - The Ark of the Covenant
Rookwood Road
Stamford Hill
London N16 5SS

Location ID: 10140644

Phone 1:020 8674 6049

Website:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89761971@N00/sets/72157614749887732/ (The Ark, London N16)

 
Styles: Period 1850-1900, Victorian, Arts and Crafts

Categories:
RELIGIOUS - Churches

Description:
An imposing late Victorian church set in grounds with a needle landmark spire of Portland stone, hammerbeam roof, tower sculptures and bronze representations of winged creatures from the Bible by AG Walker. Extraordinary Arts & Crafts stained glass windows by Walter Crane. English Heritage Grade II* listed. Currently empty, the church is stripped of religious paraphernalia apart from the pews, lectern, pulpit and organ. Seats 350. Built for the leader of the Agapemonites sect in 1896.

Jurisdictions::
Hackney, Kensington and Chelsea

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