St Matthew's, Bethnal Green

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St Matthew Bethnal Green
Church of St Matthew Bethnal Green
View of St Matthew Bethnal Green
Location Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Anglo-Catholic (Inclusive Church)[1]
Website st-matthews.co.uk
Architecture
Architect(s) George Dance the Elder (1743-6); T. E. Knightley (1859-61); J. Anthony Lewis (1958-61)
Administration
Diocese London

St Matthew's, Bethnal Green, is an 18th-century church in Bethnal Green, London, England. It is an Anglican church in the Diocese of London.[2]

History of the building

The architect of the original church (1743-6) was George Dance the Elder.[3] The church was remodelled by TE Knightley (1861) after a fire,[3] and rebuilt following WWII damage by J Anthony Lewis of Michael Tapper & Lewis,[3] who commissioned the sculptor Don Potter to create Stations of the Cross.[4]

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