This is one out of the number of those places of worship which have lately sprung up under the auspices of the Metropolis Churches Fund. It is built on the site of a spacious piece of ground which was lately given, as a special benefaction, by the governors of the Charter-house to that fund, and is capable of containing from 1200 to 1500 persons. The structure is of a chaste and elegant description, built in the old Norman style from the designs of Mr. Edward Blore, the architect. The total cost incurred in its erection is £5560, and the person appointed to officiate in the Rev. Mr. James. It takes in the neighbouring parishes of St. Botolph and St. Luke, Middlesex, and portions of other districts, which contain upwards of 6000 people. It is intended to set apart a particular pew, or section of pews, for the use of the Charterhouse body, who are expected to be present at the ceremony of consecration, which will be performed by his grace the Bishop of London, on Saturday (this day), the birthday of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. In addition to the church of St. Thomas Charterhouse, there have also been erected twenty-eight other churches in various parts of the metropolis. Active arrangements, we understand, are likewise in progress for the erection and endowment of thirty-seven more, and considerable assistance has been offered for the immediate commencement of ten others. Some of these belong exclusively to the Bethnal-green district, but the majority of them are scattered indiscriminately over various parts of the metropolis.
The Illustrated London News, London, England, Week Ending August 13, 1842
