Coordinates: 51°31′02″N 0°03′38″W / 51.5173°N 0.0605°W / 51.5173; -0.0605

St Augustine with St Philip's Church, Whitechapel

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St Augustine with St Philip's Church
Whitechapel Library in 2020
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General information
Architectural styleVictorian
LocationWhitechapel, London, England
Coordinates51°31′02″N 0°03′38″W / 51.5173°N 0.0605°W / 51.5173; -0.0605
Opened27 October 1892
Website
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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]

History

The 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

There 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]

  • St Augustine and St Philip's Church
    St Augustine and St Philip's Church
  • Interior
    Interior
  • Interior
    Interior
  • Molecular Biology Window
    Molecular Biology Window

References

  1. ^ a b "St Philip's Church Library and the Royal London Museum". Survey of London. 1 December 2017.
  2. ^ Historic England. "ST AUGUSTINE WITH ST PHILIP'S CHURCH, STEPNEY WAY E1 (1065066)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  3. ^ "St Augustine with St Philip's Church". British Listed Buildings.
  4. ^ 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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