St Mary of Debre Tsion, Battersea
St Mary of Debre Tsion, Battersea is a church in Battersea, South London affiliated with the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. It was formerly known as the Church of Saint Philip when run under the administration of the Church of England.
History
[edit]The church, which was designed by Sir James Knowles for the Park Town Estate[1] and built by Colls & Sons, opened as St Philip's Church in 1870.[2] It amalgamated with the parish of St Bartholomew, Wickersley Road, in 1972[3] and then amalgamated with The Ascension, Lavender Hill in 2000.[4] The church is Grade II listed.[5] When it was an Anglican church, it had a William Hill & Sons organ;[6] in 1992 this was removed and reinstalled in the chapel at Reading School by Bower & Co.[7]
The church was rented out to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church from the early 2000s, declared redundant by the Church of England in 2007 and acquired by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in 2010.[1] It was renamed St Mary of Debre Tsion, Battersea after the Monastery of Mount Zion (Monastery of Debre Tsion in Ge'ez language), located on Tulu Gudo Island on Lake Zway in Ethiopia.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "St Philip (former), Queenstown Road, Battersea now St. Mary Debre Tsion Kidist Mariam Ethiopean Orthodox Tewahedo Church". London Church Buildings. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "Trollope & Colls". National Archives. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "Saint Philip, Battersea: Queenstown Road, Wandsworth". National Archives. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "Battersea, St Philip the Apostle" (PDF). Southwark Diocese. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "National Heritage List Entry No 1357670". Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "National Pipe Organ Register: D05174". Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "National Pipe organ Register: D06445". Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Tulu Gudo Island". Rough Guides. Retrieved 28 July 2019.