Church of St. Philip and St James by George Edmund Street (1824-1881):

Church of St. Philip and St James

George Edmund Street (1824-1881), Designer

Consecrtated 1862

North Oxford

"Mr. Street was selected Architect, and the only directions given him were that the Chancel should be apsidal, that the Nave should be as wide as possible with very few pillars to obstruct the view of the East end, and that the Aisles should be quite small, one of them to contain the organ." — "North Oxford and its Mother Church"

Related Material

C. L. Eastlake's praise for the church (1872)

Photograph and text by from the church site (thanks to Bernard Farr)

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Left: Side Entrance. Right: Drawing of the church from Eastlake's “History of the Gothic Revival”. [Click on images to enlarge them.]

References

North Oxford and its Mother Church (Oxford Centre for Mission Studies site)

Contains additional images and history of the church, including Bishop Samuel Wilberforce's role in raising funds for the steeple, which the building did not at first have.

Last modified 20 June 2015