Church Of St Stephen

TQ 2979 SE and 2978 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER ROCHESTER ROW, SW1 100/24 ; 105/44 CHURCH OF ST. STEPHEN 24.2.58 - II* Church. 1847-49 by Benjamin Ferrey. Bargate ragstone and Blyth sandstone with Caen stone cladding interior, slate roof; the stonework coursed with fine ashlar dressings. Early example of scholarly Decorated Gothic Revival by this pupil of Pugin. North west tower with spire (truncated in the 1960s), south transept and long chancel. Traceried aisle windows divided by buttresses and tall clerestory. Interior has 5 bay arcade, the capitals and carving generally by G.P. White; timber trussed roof. Of the original decoration described in the Ecclesiologist of June 1850 very little survives apart from elements of painted decoration above the chancel arch by Hudson; one original window of 1850 by Wailes survives in the south aisle where there is also a Morris & Co. window of 1890, designed by Burne Jones.

Listing NGR: TQ2951779006