The Belarusian Memorial Chapel is the first wooden church built in London since the Great Fire of 1666. Designed by Spheron Architects, the chapel in Woodside Park has been built for the Belarusian diaspora community in the UK, and is dedicated to the memory of victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
For more information visit on this building visit www.explorechurches.org/church/belarusian-church-woodside-park
There are a number of indications that the site of the church is very old. The churchyard has a distinct curve to it perhaps following the shape of an underlying moat and ancient meeting place. An ancient Yew tree reckoned to be between 1,000 and 2,000 years old also stands in the churchyard.
The church was built to the designs of Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) widely acknowledged to be the greatest English architect of the 20th century. The church was consecrated on 7 May 1911.
The interior of the church is extensively decorated with murals by Walter Starmer (1877-1961).
The Golders Green Synagogue in London was built in 1921-1922 by architects Digby Lewis Solomon and Joseph Messers. This brick building in the Neo-Georgean style still serves as a synagogue.
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