St Mark's Road, "St Mark's Church"
Road: St Mark's Road
Property: St Mark's Church
The present church of St Mark, in St Mark's Road, South Teddington, was opened in 1939. In 1875 a National school, which also served as a mission building, had been opened in Schoolhouse Lane, and in 1880 a mission church on the corner of Fairfax Road and Bushy Park Road was opened. It was pulled down when the new church was built. St. Mark's was separated from the mother parish in 1938. The church was designed by C.A. Farey. It is cruciform with a tower at the crossing and is built of grey brick with stone dressings and a tiled roof. Inside it has an open roof and low narrow aisles with round-headed arcades.
"St Mark's is one of Teddington's hidden gems. We have just done some restoration work on the floor and wanted to show off what a fabulous space it is. We have retained the pews but made them moveable. In this photo you can see what the architect Cyril Farey intended in 1938 with a light and peaceful almost Romanesque building."
Revd Karen Wellman St Mark's Church The Vicarage St Mark's Road Teddington TW11 9DE
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