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St Gabriel's Church, North Acton

St Gabriel, North Acton
St Gabriel's Church, the parish church of North Acton.
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51°31′11″N 0°16′0″W / 51.51972°N 0.26667°W / 51.51972; -0.26667
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipAnglo-Catholic
Websitewww.saintgabrielacton.org
History
Founded1920
Founder(s)Arthur Winnington-Ingram
Consecrated18 July 1931
Architecture
Architect(s)Ernest Charles Shearman
Years built1929–31
Administration
ProvinceProvince of Canterbury
DioceseDiocese of London
DeaneryEaling
ParishNorth Acton
Clergy
Vicar(s)The Revd Timothy L'Estrange
Asst Curate(s)The Revd Callan Slipper
Laity
Reader(s)Mark Corcoran

St Gabriel's Church is the Church of England parish church for North Acton and Park Royal. It is located on Noel Road, beside North Acton Playing Fields.[1]

St Gabriel's was one of the forty new churches 'planted' in the 1920s and 1930s by Arthur Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London, to serve London's expanding suburbs. It celebrated its eightieth anniversary in July 2011.[2] It was designed and built by architect Ernest Charles Shearman, and houses an original painting (The Annunciation) by artist John Pelling, and two 1870 George Tinworth stone friezes entitled The Brazen Serpent and Descent from the Cross which were removed from Sandringham church and donated to St Gabriel's by The Royal Collection in 1930 following a construction appeal. Other points of interest include a high altar frontal used at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and a stone font originally located in Westminster Abbey, and still bearing carved stone symbols of the Abbey Church.

References

  1. ^ "Saint Gabriel, North Acton". www.saintgabrielacton.org.
  2. ^ "St Gabriel North Acton, North Acton". A Church Near You.


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