Formerly St Pauls Presbyterian Church, Now Part Of Herbert Brown Lenox Limited Industrial Premises

In the entry for:- West Ferry Road, E14 TQ 3778 (East Side) 30/896 27.9.73 St Paul's Presbyterian Church II

The description shall be amended to read:-

Former Presbyterian church. 1859, by T E Knightly. Brown Flemish band brick with stone and polychromatic brick dressings; gabled slate roof. One-cell plan with square sanctuary to east end. North Italian Romanesque style. Gabled west front, of 3 stages, has semi-circular polychromatic brick arches over central doorway with cushion capitals to engaged stone shafts, panelled double doors and carved stone tympanum flanked by 2 boarded cast-iron windows; first-storey has continuous arcade of 9 semi- circular polychromatic brick arches set on stone colonettes with cushion capitals and moulded bases; panelled stone-coped parapet flanks gabled upper stage with similar arcade of 5 arches.

Four-bay north and south elevations have semi-circular polychromatic brick arches, over 4-light cast-iron windows; heavy stepped brick eaves courses; clerestorey, clad in fish-scale slates, has 3-light windows each with stone semi-circular arcade set on colonettes with cushion capitals and moulded bases; one window to south has been removed for inserted mid C20 entry. Plain extension of 1905 added at right angles to east end. Interior: semi- circular sanctuary arch set on stone colonettes with inverted volutes to cushion capitals; stone steps to balcony with panelled front set on cast- iron columns; 4-bay roof with arch braces built of laminated timber, an early example of its use. Foundation stone, to right of west door, was laid by John Scott Prussel - a Scottish shipbuilder who had worked at the nearby Napier yard on the Great Eastern and other ships; there is a tradition that St Paul's was built to serve the needs of Scottish ironworkers brought to work on the Great Eastern.

(Article by R J M Carr in Industrial Archaeology Review, Vol 3 (1981, pp 264-6)

------------------------------------ 1. WEST FERRY ROAD E14 4431 (East Side) Formerly St Pauls Presbyterian Church, now part of Herbert Morris Brown Lenox Ltd. Industrial Premises TQ 3778 30/896 II 2. Later C19. Remarkable for use of colour and arcading. Stock brick with red and blue brick and white stone dressings. Slate roof. Facade of 3 storeys. 3 round headed arches to ground floor, above, brick band surmounted by 9 bay arcade. Deeply recessed centre 3 bay windows; flanking and outer blind bays each side, of single window. Above, shaped string course over panelled, coped blocking course. 3rd storey of 5 bays width with similar arcading to that of 2nd storey. Roundel above under shallow gable. Arcaded clerestory at sides of building. Heavy brick eaves cornice. 4 large round arched windows with iron tracery along side of building. 1 window space now filled with doors.

Listing NGR: TQ3726278875