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St James Church Alperton

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19: 150:, and was originally gas lit. It was later updated to include a boiler room, and the organ was later replaced, probably by 1929, by another donated item, described as coming from Saint Mark's, Whitechapel in the late 1920s. At a later stage, a Compton Electronic organ was installed – an electric lighting system was in place by 1930. The church also had stained windows, some of which were in place as memorials to prominent members of the congregation. 166:
homes for redevelopment under Section 46 (Pastoral Scheme), which deals with places of worship that are unsuitable for present needs, and specifies how, when part of a site is sold or leased, the proceeds can then be used to create a new place of worship.
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in the Gothic Revival style. The church was described as being constructed from yellow stock brick, with a dressing of stone and red brick. The church featured the customary main body of the
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on the February 7, 1989, and was subsequently demolished in 1990 to make way for a replacement modern church, St James Church Centre.
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In 1990, a new church, St James Church Centre, had been constructed on the site, designed by the K C White Partnership of
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Fund had earmarked part of the site for a new place of worship, with the remainder to go, by sale or lease, to
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area had made the construction of a more lasting structure a necessity, which was designed by the
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in its own right until 1904, and had previously been served by St John the Evangelist Church,
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The church was built to replace temporary previous arrangements, which had included a
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By 1989, the now redundant church had been scheduled for demolition, and the
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had been in place since 1828, but Alperton was not made an Anglican
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Church of England church buildings in the London Borough of Brent
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which was described as a ‘turret’. There was also an associated
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as early as 1914. The church’s organ was donated, coming from
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By the early 20th century, a movement of population from the
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on the south end of the building, and, in addition, a
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Consecrated in 1912, the Church was declared to be a
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Index


Gothic Revival
Anglican
Parish church
Alperton
London Borough of Brent
London
London Borough of Brent
redundant church
missionary
Baptists
parish
Wembley
Wealdstone
architect
Arthur Beresford Pite
nave
chancel
transept
baptistery
chapel
narthex
bell tower
church hall
St Peter's Italian Church
Clerkenwell
central London
London Diocese
Bellway
Essex

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