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St Stephen's Church, Shepherd's Bush

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Country
  
United Kingdom

Phone
  
+44 7824 511029

Architect
  
Anthony Salvin

Denomination
  
Church of England

Diocese
  
Diocese of London

St Stephen's Church, Shepherd's Bush

Vicar(s)
  
Reverend Dr Bob Mayo Reverend Anne Cowley

Address
  
1 Coverdale Rd, Shepherd's Bush, London W12 8JJ, UK

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Dedications
  
Saint Stephen, Thomas the Apostle

Similar
  
St Dionis - Parsons Green, St Peter's Church - Hammersmith, Ravenscourt Baptist Church, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cat, All Saints Church - Fulham

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The Church of St Stephen and St Thomas is an Anglican church in Shepherd's Bush, London. It is a so-called "Commissioners' church"; a Church of England church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Act of 1818. It was built circa 1849–50, designed by architect Anthony Salvin in the Gothic Revival style with a tower.

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The church is on the south side of Uxbridge Road on the corner of Coverdale Road, to the west of Shepherd's Bush tube station.

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History

The Church of St Stephen and St Thomas was built circa 1849–50, designed by architect Anthony Salvin, and built in the Gothic Revival style with a tower.

On completion, the periodical The Ecclesiologist, which was strongly in favour of the Gothic Revival movement, commented that the new church:

"has a peculiar value, as indicating how far our diocesan is willing to take the peculiar responsibility of those various features of the arrangements and decoration, which from desuetude had become to a great extent novelties in England when we first advocated their revival".

St Stephen's was built of Kentish Ragstone with Bath stone dressings. It had a "very well developed chancel". The stained glass windows were manufactured by William Wailes and were donated by members of the clergy and other well-wishers.

St Stephen's was built as a so-called "Commissioners' church"; an Anglican church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Act 1818, and subsequent related Acts. Such churches have been given a number of titles, including "Commissioners' Churches", "Waterloo Churches" and "Million Act Churches". In some cases the Commissioners provided the full cost of the new church; in other cases they provided a grant and the balance was raised locally.

St Stephen's today

Today St Stephen's continues to minister to the spiritual needs of the community. Services are held on Sundays at 10am. At 6.30 pm is evening prayer, a "quiet reflective service" held on the first Sunday of the month. On Thursday at 6.30pm there is a "Christian meditation".

The Church also runs a Primary school called St Stephen's School Shepherd's Bush. In 2008 Ofsted reported that it was "a good school with a number of outstanding features".

References

St Stephen's Church, Shepherd's Bush Wikipedia