Thursday, May 23, 2013

St. Luke's Church Battersea

Architect Frederick William Hunt designed this church, which was built 1882-93.


The choir contains a Salviati mosaic of the winged bull of St. Luke above the north door to the vestry. It was added in 1891 and modeled after the circular window in St. Mary's Battersea.


Sources:
St. Luke's Church
English Heritage. Chapter 3: Churches and Chapels. Draft.
Scott Shaw's A View from Tokyo blog.

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