The St Augustine with St Philip's Church is a Grade II* listed former Victorian church in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, subsequently converted for use as a medical library for Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and known as the Whitechapel Library.[1][2][3]
| St Augustine with St Philip's Church | |
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 Whitechapel Library in 2020 | |
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| Architectural style | Victorian |
| Location | Whitechapel, London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°31′02″N 0°03′38″W / 51.5173°N 0.0605°W |
| Opened | 27 October 1892 |
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History
editThe red-brick church was designed by Arthur Cawston, built in 1888–1892, located behind the former Royal London Hospital. It is on the site of an earlier chapel built in 1818-1821 dedicated to St Philip. After the Second World War it was combined with the parish of St Augustine's, Stepney, and made redundant in 1979. It was converted into a medical library in 1985-1988 and opened by Anne, Princess Royal, on 21st November 1988.[1]
The Royal London Hospital Museum is located in the crypt of St Philip's Church.
Interior
editThere are eight medically themed stained-glass windows designed by Johannes Schreiter. These represent the London Hospital, Gastroenterology, AIDS/HIV, Ethics, Medical Diagnosis, the Influenza Pandemic, Molecular Biology and the 'Elephant Man'.[4]
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Molecular Biology Window
References
edit- ^ a b "St Philip's Church Library and the Royal London Museum". Survey of London. 1 December 2017.
- ^ Historic England. "ST AUGUSTINE WITH ST PHILIP'S CHURCH, STEPNEY WAY E1 (1065066)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ "St Augustine with St Philip's Church". British Listed Buildings.
- ^ Swash, Caroline (2002). Medical Science and Stained Glass: The Johannes Schreiter Windows at the Medical Library the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel. Malvern Arts Press Ltd. ISBN 9780954105518.
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