Christ Apostolic Church (Former Church Of St John)

The Christ Apostolic Church, formerly the Church of St John, was built on the site of the earlier Kentish Town Chapel. James Wyatt designed the original church in 1783, of which only the nave walls and the heightened shallow western apse remain. The rest of the building was rebuilt and extended between 1843 and 1855 by JH Hakewill. It is constructed of grey brick with carved stone dressings, and has slate pitched roofs.

The exterior features north and south aisles, a vestry and a south porch. East-facing twin stone spired towers rise above, featuring louvred Romanesque-style belfry openings and lean-to porches decorated with heavy neo-Norman and 13th-century ornament. The east facade is buttressed, with a window of three round-arched lights separated by colonnettes; a smaller round-arched window sits above, and a roundel is contained within the gable, which has a Lombard-style frieze. Gable ends of the side aisles have two-light round-arched windows.

Inside, the open nave has a tie-beam roof, with three round-headed windows on each side. Two round-headed windows with a rose feature at the apsidal west end. Three neo-Norman arches separate the nave from the shallow, flat-ended chancel. Notable features include a carved oak pulpit, pews with carved ends on the choir platform, and intact nave pews. A late 19th-century alabaster font sits on a stone base, covered by an elaborate openwork wooden cover suspended from a pulley. There are several late 18th and early 19th century wall monuments lining the nave.

The church contains stained glass, largely from the 1840s, including 'Baptism of Christ and Lazarus' by Wailes, dated 1845. A stained-glass window by Burne-Jones, depicting 'The Building of the Temple' and dated 1862, was originally located in the former south gallery and removed to St Benet's, Lupton Street in 1994.

Significant monuments include a stone sarcophagus commemorating John Finch, d.1797, by Charles Regnant; a monument to Sarah Pepys, d.1806, depicting a mourning woman by an urn; and a monument to William Minshull, d.1836, featuring a portrait profile by Chantrey. Other minor tablets are also present. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops contribute to the architectural detailing.