Country United Kingdom Website st-matthews.co.uk Architect George Dance the Elder | Denomination Church of England Diocese Diocese of London | |
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Location Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London Churchmanship Anglo-Catholic (Inclusive Church) Similar St James‑the‑Less - Bethnal G, St Peter's - Bethnal Green, All Saints Church - Poplar, St John Clerkenwell, St John on Bethnal Green | ||
St Matthew's, Bethnal Green, is an 18th-century church in Bethnal Green, London, England. It is an Anglican church in the Diocese of London.
History of the building
The architect of the original church (1743-6) was George Dance the Elder. The church was remodelled by TE Knightley (1861) after a fire, and rebuilt following World War II damage by J Anthony Lewis of Michael Tapper & Lewis, who commissioned the sculptor Don Potter to create Stations of the Cross.
References
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