St Clement's Church, Notting Dale

Church in London, England

51°30′44″N 0°12′57″W / 51.5121°N 0.2158°W / 51.5121; -0.2158LocationTreadgold Street, Notting Hill, London, W11 4BPCountryEnglandDenominationChurch of EnglandChurchmanshipInclusive Anglo-CatholicHistoryStatusActiveDedicationSt Clement and St MarkArchitectureFunctional statusParish churchAdministrationProvinceProvince of CanterburyDioceseDiocese of LondonEpiscopal areaKensington Episcopal AreaArchdeaconryArchdeaconry of MiddlesexClergyVicar(s)The Revd Gareth WardellNSM(s)The Revd Nick MorrisLaityChurchwarden(s)Frederica Venn

St Clement's Church is a Church of England parish church in Notting Hill, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. The church is a grade II listed building.

History

The church was designed by James Piers St Aubyn,^[1] and was funded by the Reverend Arthur Dalgarno Robinson.^[2] It was consecrated in 1867.^[3]

In 1988, the church was used as a location in episode 15 of series 4 of The Bill, "Trespasses".

On 19 May 1994, the church was designated a grade II listed building.^[1]

Present day

The parish of "St. Clement with St. Mark, Notting Dale and St. James, Norlands" is part of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex in the Diocese of London.^[4] The church stands in the Inclusive Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England.^[4]^[5]

The church was used as a relief centre for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017.^[6]

Notable people

George Austin, later Archdeacon of York, was an assistant curate here from 1957 to 1959^[7]
Kenneth Leech, honorary assistant curate from 1982 to 1988^[8]
Sr Donella Mathie CSA, later Mother Superior of the Community of St. Andrew, deaconess from 1982 to 1984^[9]
Keith Riglin, Bishop of Argyll and The Isles was associate vicar, 2008-11.

List of vicars

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2017)

1867 to 1880: Arthur Dalgarno Robinson
1880 to 1886: Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 12th Baronet, later Bishop of Burnley and Bishop of Southwell
1918 to 1952 Francis Edwin Baverstock
1953 to 1962 Ronald Arthur
1962 to 1968: William Mason
1968 to 1974: John Livingstone, priest-in-charge
1974 to 1977: Peter Jameson
1977 to 1988: David William Randall
1989 to 1994: Edward Burton
1995 to 2009: Hugh Rayment-Pickard
2010 to 2019: Prebendary Alan Everett
2020 to present: Fr Gareth Wardell

Gallery

Sanctuary
Nave
Font
Side chapel
Side chapel

References

^ ^a ^b Historic England. "Church of St Clement (1265169)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
^ McDonald, Donna (2016). "St Clement Notting Dale" (PDF). The Parish of St Clement and St James. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
^ "St Clement: History". The Parish of St Clement and St James. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b "St Clement, Notting Hill". A Church Near You. Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
^ "Home". The Parish of St Clement and St James. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
^ Williams, Hattie (14 June 2017). "Casualties mount after fire ravages London tower block". Church Times. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
^ 'AUSTIN, Ven. George Bernard', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 14 June 2017
^ 'LEECH, Rev. Kenneth', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, April 2016 accessed 14 June 2017
^ "Patricia Jean (Sister Donella) Mathie". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 14 June 2017.