The first wooden church built in London since the Great Fire of 1666 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.

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Architects: Spheron Architects

Location: Woodside Park Station, Woodside Park Rd, London N12 8RT, United Kingdom

Architect In Charge: Tszwai So, Samuel Bentil-Mensah

Area: 75.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Joakim Borén, Hélène Binet, Ioana Marinescu

Project Manager: Diocese of Westminster

Landscape Designer: Spheron Architects

Planning Consultant: Alpha Planning

Quantity Surveyor: Change Project Consulting
Cdm Consultant: BBS Site Services LLP

Structural Engineer: Timberwright

Mechanical And Electrical: Arup

Main Contractor: Timberwright

Client: The Congregation for the Oriental Churches of the Roman Curia of the Holy See

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From the architect. The first wooden church built in London since the Great Fire of 1666 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.

© Joakim Borén

The chapel sits surrounded by 13 statutorily protected trees in the grounds of Marian House, a community ...