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St Mary of Eton was built 1890-02 by the Victorian architects George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner. It is built in red brick with stone dressings. The east side of the church faces onto the main street, and a gateway leads into the courtyard which is surrounded by the old Eton Mission buildings. Eton House was built in 1898 to house the clergy, and in 1911-12, two bays were added in by
Anglican
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church at Hackney Wick, London, and a Grade II* listed building. It was built 1890–92 in the medieval Gothic style to serve the Eton Mission, a mission to the East End organised and funded by Eton College.
History
In the late 19th century, Eton College launched a scheme to provide social and religious support to people living in the crowded district of Hackney Wick in east London, and to familiarise privileged schoolboys with social conditions in deprived areas. The project of establishing an "Eton Mission" was started in 1880. St Mary of Eton Church was built 1890-02 as the centrepiece of the mission. Following wartime bomb damage, the Church of St Augustine in nearby Victoria was closed in 1953 and its congregation merged with St Mary’s to form St Mary of Eton with St Augustine. St Mary of Eton is notable as the founding location of the Church of England youth club the59 Club
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Architecture
St Mary of Eton was built 1890-02 by the Victorian architects George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner. It is built in red brick with stone dressings. The east side of the church faces onto the main street, and a gateway leads into the courtyard which is surrounded by the old Eton Mission buildings. Eton House was built in 1898 to house the clergy, and in 1911-12, two bays were added in by Cecil Greenwood Hare
Cecil Greenwood Hare (1875 – 14 July 1932) was an architect and designer based in England.
Life
He was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire in 1875, the son of John Thomas Hare (1844-1902) and Mary Ann.
Bodley and Hare
Hare was a pupil of the arch ...
on the west side of the church. The tower was added in 1912.
The interior is noted for its tall, spacious nave, bisected by a painted rood screen
The rood screen (also choir screen, chancel screen, or jubé) is a common feature in late medieval church architecture. It is typically an ornate partition between the chancel and nave, of more or less open tracery constructed of wood, stone, or ...
by Bodley. At the east end, the high altar is backed by an ornately decorated reredos designed in 1930 by W Ellery Anderson.
During World War II, a bomb struck the Eton Mission in 1944, and it was badly damaged. Interior alterations were carried out in 1958 and a new organ by Grant, Degens and Rippin was installed in 1960.
In 2013/14, the church carried out a major refurbishment project. The church was re-ordered and restored. Some of the old Eton Mission buildings around the courtyard were redeveloped as residential flats and some buildings were demolished. New apartment blocked constructed next to the church were built with diaper-patterned brickwork to harmonise with Bodley's original church. The development was awarded a RIBA National Award in 2015 for its sensitive design.
See also
* Grade I and II* listed buildings in the London Borough of HackneyReferences
Sources
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Mary of Eton 19th-century Church of England church buildings Church of England church buildings in the London Borough of Hackney Churches completed in 1892 Diocese of London Hackney, London Hackney Wick Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Hackney Eton College George Frederick Bodley church buildings