Description

KENNINGTON PARK ROAD SE11
1. (east side)
5023

Church of St Mark
TQ 3177 8/240 19.10.51

II*

2.
1822-24 built by D R Roper to the design of A B Clayton. Greek revival church
of sandstone with Portland stone tetrastyle Doric porch in antis, up 8 steps.
Above the pediment a square tower bearing octagonal drum and open round Ionic
stage with cupola; the whole decorated with acroteria. Single entrance, under
small window, to narthex. Church splays out beyond to hold aisles. Five-bay
returns with segment-headed windows on each floor. Pilaster bay divisions support
entablature. Side entrances to narthex; and crypt entrances further east. Projecting
centre at east with large window. Inside shows gallery on Doric columns round
3 sides. Aisles and galleries walled off in reconstruction after war damage;
but screen of 2 tall piers of Ionic columns before east window remains. Central
glass dome. C17 pulpit from St Michael, Wood Street.

Listing NGR: TQ3120677520

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Mark's Church, Kennington at Wikipedia
• St Mark's Church, Kennington official website
• Wikidata Q7594154

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)