Site History  (Page 1 2 3)
We work from a Grade II* listed Charles Barry building, St Paul's Church, on the corner of Balls Pond Road and Essex Road in Islington, under a 150 year lease from the Church Commissioners.

St Paul's Church in earlier times was used by thousands of people a week as a place of spiritual, social, cultural and parochial support for the local community.

We want to re-incarnate this heritage and in the process restore the physical body of this beautiful listed building by providing in the 21 st century once again a nodal point of contact for local people.
  • St Paul's was a new parish church built in 1828 as part of the Million Churches scheme and is a fine example of the early work of the architect Charles Barry.
  • It was divided from Islington Parish in 1825 (the interior of the building was substantially altered in 1880).
  • It was declared redundant and the parish united with St Judes Mildmay Park in 1980.
  • The building was empty from 1980-84 and was badly damaged over this period.
  • In 1994 a new lease was signed by the St Paul's Steiner Project. Since then the Project has worked year by year to repair and restore the building.
We have also carried out substantial alterations to the interior, with the help and guidance of English Heritage.
Building Photographs
St Pauls Steiner Project