Church Army Chapel, Blackheath | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Modern |
Town or city | Greenwich, Greater London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Construction started | 1964 |
Completed | 1965 |
Cost | £250,000 (whole site)[1] |
Client | Church Army |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Saddle roof and sectional aluminium spire |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Ernest Trevor Spashett ARIBA (1923–94) |
Structural engineer | Woodgate (Blackheath) Ltd, Montpelier-vale, Blackheath[2] |
The Church Army Chapel at Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath, Greater London, designed by project architect E.T. Spashett for Austin Vernon & Partners, opened in 1965 by Princess Alexandra and consecrated by Michael Ramsey, is a locally listed building of outstanding architectural significance, and is notable for originally having had the tallest sectional aluminium spire of its time, and for being one of the earliest 20th-century chapels of modern design to have been conceived with a central altar. It is now part of Blackheath High School.