St Mark, St Johns Wood
St Mark, St Johns Wood
St Mark’s, Hamilton Terrace, is a Grade II* Decorated Gothic church in St John’s Wood, City of Westminster, in the Diocese of London. A fire on 26 January 2023 gutted the interior; the tower and outer walls remain.
- Location
- St Johns Wood, Greater London
- Country
- England
- County
- Greater London
- City / town
- St Johns Wood
- Address
- Hamilton Terrace, St Johns Wood, Greater London, NW8 9UT
- Postcode
- NW8 9UT
- Built
- 1846–47; tower and spire completed 1864; chancel 1877–78; gutted by fire 26 January 2023
- Architect
- Thomas Cundy Senior; Thomas Cundy Junior (tower and spire); E. B. Ferrey (chancel)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Mark
- Diocese
- London
- Parish
- St Mark Hamilton Terrace
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Decorated Gothic
- Materials
- Ragstone with ashlar dressings
- Grid reference
- TQ 261 830
- Opening hours
- The church is open during daylight hours every day of the week.
- Access
- Ramp or level access available on request
- Website
- https://www.stmarks.london/
Overview
Historic England records a church of 1846–47 by Thomas Cundy Senior, with the tower and broach spire completed by Thomas Cundy Junior in 1864 and a chancel of 1877–78 by E. B. Ferrey. The listing describes ragstone with ashlar dressings: a wide aisleless five-bay nave, lower chancel, three-stage western tower and south-west porch, in Decorated Gothic with flowing tracery. The interior had galleries on cast-iron columns, marble cladding and a painted chancel roof, and stained glass by Clayton and Bell, Kempe and others.
The nave roof was re-slated in 2013 and the tower and spire repaired by 2017. The fire of 26 January 2023 left the church on the Heritage at Risk Register. The Diocese of London is appointing a design team to integrate the remaining listed fabric into a new place of worship. The parish is St Mark Hamilton Terrace; the congregation continues while the ruin stands.