St Philip and St James Church, Whitton

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| denomination = Church of England

| diocese = Diocese of London

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| vicar = Rev David Cloake{{cite news | url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/9260999.Whitton_celebrates_new_vicar_s_arrival/ | title=Whitton celebrates new vicar's arrival | work=Richmond and Twickenham Times | date=20 September 2011 | accessdate=15 November 2014 | author=Rachel Bishop}}

| priest = Rev Vernon Fray

| reader = Peter Lee

| parishadmin = Helen Bott

| location = Hounslow Road, Whitton, Twickenham

| country = England, United Kingdom

| coordinates = {{coord|51.45609|N|0.35971|W|type:landmark_region:GB-RIC|display=inline,title}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.whittonchurch.com/}}

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St Philip and St James Church is a Church of England church in Hounslow Road, Whitton, Richmond-upon-Thames, London.

Building

The church building was constructed in 1862 when Whitton separated from St Mary's, Twickenham{{cite web | url=http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/tour_detail.asp?TourID=65 | title=Whitton – Then and Now | publisher=Twickenham Museum | work=Themes | access-date=26 March 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203165200/http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/tour_detail.asp?TourID=65 | archive-date=3 December 2014 }} to become a separate parish. The Gostling family, owners of part of the former estate of the Duke of Argyll, donated land at the junction of Hounslow and Kneller Roads for the new Church and for an adjoining vicarage, since replaced; the architect was F H Pownall.{{cite book | title=The Buildings of England – London 2: South | publisher=Penguin Books | author=Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner | year=1983 | location=London | page=554 | isbn=0-14-0710-47-7}} The stained glass windows on the east side of the church are by Clayton and Bell (1862); the window on the west side is by Charles Eamer Kempe (1892). On display in the church is a 15th-century alabaster panel of Christ and Arma Christi, imported from Valle Crucis Abbey, Wales, in 1913.

Services

Services are held on weekdays at 9.30 am and on Sunday mornings and evenings.{{cite web | url=http://www.whittonchurch.com/#!services/ck9r | title=Services at Ss Philip & James | publisher=St Philip and St James Church, Whitton | accessdate=15 November 2014}} The style of worship is Modern/Contemporary Catholic.{{cite web | url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/15508/ | title=Ss Philip and James Whitton | publisher=Diocese of London | work=A Church Near You | access-date=17 January 2022}}

Vicar

The vicar is Rev David Cloake.{{cite web | url=http://www.whittonchurch.com/#!leadership-team/c9d0 | title=Leadership team | publisher=St Philip and St James Church, Whitton | accessdate=15 November 2014}}

References

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Further reading

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSDZf8QoPmw St Philip & St James: Church of Champions], documentary film by studio Canis Lupus which was produced, directed, filmed and edited by Kezia Newson and Sally Lewis.