3-017-269 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

St. Clement's Church, Barnsbury, [Islington, London], 1865. 'The new Church...will accommodate nearly 1000 persons...The bell-turret rises to a height of 100 ft...The east end of the church has three lancet windows...filled with stained glass, by Clayton and Bell...The walls of the church, both internally and externally, are of brick, the arches and angles being of yellow malm bricks. Externally, red brick is occasionally introduced in the arches. Bath stone is used for the dressings of the windows, doorways, and other parts. The church is lighted by gas standards of iron and brass, supplied by Skidmore, of Coventry. The church has been built, at the sole expense of Mr. G. Cubitt, M.P., from the designs of Mr. Gilbert Scott. The contract was taken by Messrs. Dove Brothers for £7000'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.