St Paul's Church, Anglican church in Hammersmith, England
St Paul's Church is an Anglican church in Hammersmith built in the Early English Gothic style, with pointed lancet windows and heavy buttresses along the outer walls. Inside, columns of Belgian marble stand against walls of brown Ancaster stone, and a tall tower rises above the roofline.
The church came about after residents petitioned Bishop Laud in 1629 for a local place of worship, and it was consecrated on June 7, 1631. It has served the Hammersmith community as an Anglican gathering place ever since.
The stained glass windows showing Saints Paul and Peter are easy to spot from the entrance and draw the eye toward the altar. They give the interior a calm, devotional feel that visitors from any background tend to notice right away.
The seating inside can be rearranged to suit different types of gatherings, so the space feels different depending on when you visit. A modern extension with a hall and kitchen sits alongside the original building and is used for community events.
Inside the church stands a black and white marble monument with a bronze bust of King Charles I, placed there to honour Sir Nicholas Crisp. It is one of the few memorials in London that ties a local church directly to 17th-century royalist politics.
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