The Ascension, Lavender Hill
The Ascension of The Lord, Lavender Hill, is an Anglican church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, situated on Lavender Hill, in Battersea, South West London. It is thought to be the first church in England dedicated to The Ascension of The Lord. Built to the designs of the architect James Brooks, its foundation stone was laid in 1874, and it was consecrated in 1883.
Exterior photo of The Ascension, Lavender Hill
Brooks plan for the church, including the unbuilt tower
Statue of The Sacred Heart
The Lectern in Ordinary Time
The A3036 is an A road in London, England, running from Waterloo to Wandsworth.
Wandsworth Road, SW8. Sainsbury's Nine Elms store is on the left, and to the right of the picture a South West Trains service has just left Vauxhall Station, heading away from Waterloo.
Sturgeon lamp standards line the embankment.
The view from Battersea New Town, painted in 1848 by Robert Westall, showing wide open fields, the then-new Battersea pumping station (built in 1840), and distant views of Westminster Abbey and the Royal Hospital Chelsea. This view encouraged the early construction of several villas among the Lavender fields.
Street name signs for "Lavender Hill" and "Lavender Place" are still visible at 16 Lavender Hill
