Emmanuel Church, West Hampstead
Emmanuel Church, West Hampstead
Emmanuel is a Grade II Church of England parish church on Lyncroft Gardens, West Hampstead, in the Diocese of London. It was built as West Hampstead expanded after the railways, replacing a smaller church on Mill Lane.
- Location
- West Hampstead, Greater London
- Country
- England
- County
- Greater London
- City / town
- West Hampstead
- Address
- Lyncroft Gardens, West Hampstead, Greater London, NW6 1JU
- Postcode
- NW6 1JU
- Built
- Foundation stone 19 June 1897; chancel consecrated 1898; completed 29 June 1903
- Consecrated
- 1898 (chancel and four bays)
- Architect
- J A Thomas of Whitfield and Thomas
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Diocese
- London
- Parish
- Emmanuel Hampstead
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Gothic Revival (Edwardian, basilican plan)
- Materials
- Red brick with stone dressings; tiled roofs; fair-faced white brick internally
- Grid reference
- TQ 254 853
- Opening hours
- Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
- Access
- Non-accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby. Accessible toilets in church
- Website
- http://www.emmanuelnw6.com/
Overview
Historic England records a church of 1897–1903 by J. A. Thomas of Whitfield and Thomas: red brick with stone dressings and tiled roofs, on a basilican plan with five-bay north and south lean-to aisles and an apsidal east end. A ‘Salisbury’ chapel stands at the south-east corner. Entrance is through the north porch on Lyncroft Gardens, originally the base of an unfinished tower. Paired Early English clerestory lights sit in each bay. Internally, the listing notes a 1908 reredos of the Last Supper designed by Thomas, a carved pulpit of 1901, Walker organ, mosaic floor, and a Gothic Revival stone font of 1898 on marble colonnettes. The Salisbury Chapel was furnished in 1952 with painting by Frank O. Salisbury.
The parish history and Building Conservation state that the foundation stone was laid on 19 June 1897. The chancel and four bays were consecrated in 1898; lack of funds delayed the nave, narthex and porches until 1903, and only the ground and first floors of the tower were built. Services had begun in a schoolroom at West End Green in 1846; the parish was formally founded in 1875.