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St. Luke's Temporary Church, Camden-Road, Holloway, [London], 1856. 'The design of the building is novel, being in form a rotunda, eighty-four feet diameter and fifty feet high from the floor to underside of bell-turret. The floor rises from the centre, and the interior is fitted with pews to accommodate 1000 persons. The roof is one span, composed of 24 principals, framed and braced together, covered in with boards felted on the outside; and is surmounted by a bell-turret, containing a fine-toned bell, from the foundry of Messrs. Warner and Sons. The church is lighted by eight side windows and a circular skylight surrounding the bell-turret...The building and ground-plans were constructed by Mr. John Blizard, of Cheltenham, contractor for wooden buildings, and has been erected in the short space of ten weeks. It will be paid for by the pew rents only'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.