St Peter and St Paul is a

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, London. The church is a

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History

It was built in 1844 by the architect

Lewis Vulliamy Lewis Vulliamy (15 March 1791 – 4 January 1871) was an English architect descended from the Vulliamy family of clockmakers. Life Lewis Vulliamy was the son of the clockmaker Benjamin Vulliamy. He was born in Pall Mall, London on 15 March 17 ...

, and the eastern parts were added in 1903 by Sir

Arthur Blomfield Sir Arthur William Blomfield (6 March 182930 October 1899) was an English architect. He became president of the Architectural Association in 1861; a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1867 and vice-president of the RIBA in ...

. It was paid for with £5,000 of his own money by Robert Boothby Heathcote, the then rector of All Saints, Chingford, who was concerned about the poor condition of that church. On 28 June 1954, the church was designated a

Present day

The

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of Chingford is in the Archdeaconry of West Ham of the

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. The parish worships in the

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of the Church of England.

Notable clergy

* Maxwell Hutchinson, architect, serves as parish deacon since 2016

Gallery

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References

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Grade II* listed churches in London Lewis Vulliamy buildings Arthur Blomfield church buildings Chingford Churches completed in 1844 19th-century Church of England church buildings Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Waltham Forest Anglo-Catholic church buildings in London 1844 establishments in England {{UK-listed-building-stub