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The plan of the church is traditional, being narrow and rectangular with the entrance at the west end and the altar at the east. This was in part dictated by the confines of the site, but also by the church’s Anglo-Catholic liturgical tradition which preferred an axial, processional plan. This traditional plan is in contrast to the majority of contemporary churches, which locate congregations around a central altar in order to emphasise the participatory aspect of the Communion. \n\r\nIn scale, Jenkins’ design echoes that of its Victorian predecessor, which was built to a vast scale, able to seat 900, and visually dominated the area’s skyline. Despite being a much smaller church in capacity, seating just 140, Jenkins has maintained the church’s visual dominance, making it an architectural and spiritual focal point in the surrounding area. This aspect of the design generated serious opposition from the local council, which argued – unsuccessfully – that the new church should blend in with the surrounding architecture.","physicalDescription":"Preliminary sketches shown alongside a drawing of a shoe.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Jenkins, Peter","id":"AUTH348809"},"association":{"text":"Architect","id":"THES265157"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Peter Inskip + Peter Jenkins Architects","id":"AUTH377010"},"association":{"text":"architects","id":"AAT24987"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Pencil","id":"x30347"},{"text":"Tracing paper","id":"AAT14161"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawing","id":"AAT54196"},{"text":"Architectural drawing","id":"AAT54197"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Pencil on tracing paper.","categories":[{"text":"Architectural drawings","id":"THES274432"},{"text":"Architecture","id":"THES48993"},{"text":"Drawings","id":"THES48966"},{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2022NE3401"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLE","id":"THES49657"},"free":"","case":"A","shelf":"240","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"design","id":"AAT102051"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""},{"place":{"text":"Haringey","id":"x29473"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"Ca.1990","earliest":"1985-01-01","latest":"1994-12-31"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Peter Jenkins","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"420","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"300","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Preliminary sketches for St. Paul's Church, Harringay with annotations, pencil on tracing paper, by Peter Jenkins, ca.1990.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Taken from notes by Peter Jenkins (Clare Lodge, Practice Archivist, 25/02/2026)\r\n\r\nStudies of the triangular wind girder roof on A3 tracing paper concentrating on the east end and sanctuary with the apsidal form, not yet rejected (lower right centre) but the plan shows the emergence of the triangular towers at the west end. Light reflector studies explore transverse angled reflectors (mid right) and a dropped nave-wide lay light at a level below the roof girder over the altar and top lighting a single transverse stairway down to the sacristy beyond the reredos wall of the sanctuary (mid upper section and perspective view from the northeast). Note the emergence in the left hand sections of the steel wind girder roof framing being developed with the structural engineer, the late Michael Courtney of Ove Arup. (The inverted drawing of a shoe and foot on the left was made to show a young assistant and completely irrelevant to the project, ‘co-respondent shoes’.)"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Haringey","id":"x29473"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["E.122-2022"],"accessionNumberNum":"122","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":2022,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Previous number","id":"THES51695"},"number":"SPH(A)34"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-09-05","recordCreationDate":"2019-06-10","availableToBook":false}}