3-003-855 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

St. Stephen's Church, Albert-Square, Clapham, [London], 1861. 'This new church, in the parish of South Lambeth, was consecrated some short time since by the Bishop of Winchester. It is built on a waste piece of land at the back of Albert-square, in part the gift of the copyholder, Mr. T. T. Williamson, and enfranchised by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The plan is to some extent cruciform, terminating at the east end with transepts, a chancel, and a vestry. It is a very pretty church externally, and the interior is very good in effect. The tower, with its lofty and elegant spire (the entire height being 140ft.), on the left of the principal and western entrance, composes well with the rest of the church. It is divided into three floors - the first is a library, the second a clockroom, and the third the belfry-floor. The walls are built of Kentish rag and Bath stone dressings...The church is calculated to hold about 1200 persons, there being 463 free seats. It has been erected at the cost of the Rev. Charles Kemble, M.A., Rector of Bath, from the designs of Mr. John Barnett, of Gray's Inn, the contractor being Mr. Meyers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.