St Martin's Church, Gospel Oak

St Martin's Church is a Church of England church in Gospel Oak in London, England.[1] Located on Vicars Road, the church building is Grade I listed.[2] The church was built between 1864 and 1866 to a curious-looking design by Edward Buckton Lamb and discussed by John Summerson in his Victorian Architecture in England.[3] The church was built at the personal cost of John Derby Allcroft to commemorate his late wife.[4] Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "the craziest of London’s Victorian churches".[5]

The church with its tower before the pinnacles were restored.

The tower was most notable for its pinnacles, which made it look like a fairy-tale castle. These pinnacles were removed due to bomb damage in World War II, but were restored in works finishing in 2015.[6]

References
  1. Walter H. Godfrey and W. McB. Marcham (editors) (1952). "Additional Churches". Survey of London: volume 24: The parish of St Pancras part 4: King’s Cross Neighbourhood. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 5 May 2012.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. "CHURCH OF ST MARTIN, Camden - 1379098 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
  3. Norton 1970
  4. Colloms, Marianne and Weindling, Dick (2009), Camden Town and Kentish Town, Tempus Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7524 2922-9
  5. Richardson, John (1997), Kentish Town Past, Historical Publications, ISBN 0-948667-42-7
  6. "St Martin's Gospel Oak nominated for heritage award". July 22, 2015.

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