St John's Hampton Wick is a

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church on Church Grove and St John's Road in

Hampton Wick Hampton Wick is a Thamesside area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, contiguous with Teddington, Kingston upon Thames and Bushy Park. Market gardening continued until well into the twentieth century. With its road and rail ...

, in the

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. It was built to a design by Edward Lapidge in 1829–30.

History

St John's was originally conceived as a

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to the parish church of St Mary at Hampton about miles away, but following its completion, the district assigned to it was made a separate parish. The

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ers funded its construction on the condition that the parish church should also be enlarged at the same time. The cost of the church and the enclosure of the site was about £4,500. The first stone was laid on 7 October 1829, and the building was completed by 8 November 1830. The building's architect Edward Lapidge also donated the land for it, and paid for the enclosure of the site on one side. Lapidge had been born in Hampton Wick, and designed the present Kingston Bridge nearby. It was built in a plain

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style, faced with Suffolk brick and

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. As originally constructed, the church was long and wide, with galleries on three sides, and a recessed window at the east end. It was intended to seat 800 people, half the accommodation being free (i.e. not subject to

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). A

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was added in 1887 and the church was restored in 1880 and 1911. In 2010, after five years of closure, the church re-opened its doors under the

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scheme. Services were resumed in December 2010. In 2024 St John's Hampton Wick partnered with

St Mark's, Teddington St Mark's is a friendly Anglican church in Teddington that loves welcoming new people to join us on their journey of faith and find a home with real connection and community. We hope to meet you soon! St Mark's, Teddington, the parish church ...

(the church they used to share a parish with). They are now moving towards a shared vision, uniquely expressed in each location. Rev Jerry Field is now the Vicar of both St Mark’s and St John’s and Rev Tom Simpson is Minister-in-Charge at St Mark’s whilst remaining part of the team at St John’s. https://stmarksteddington.org/our-story-1

Services

Services are held twice on Sunday mornings (9:00am & 10:30am) plus on Sunday evenings (6:00pm). The church describes its services as "informal, modern and family friendly’' within the Church of England.

References

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Diocese of London Edward Lapidge church buildings Grade II listed churches in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Hampton Wick Holy Trinity Brompton plants