Church of Saint Silas the Martyr


51°32′48″N 0°09′09″W / 51.5466°N 0.1524°W / 51.5466; -0.1524
Location	Kentish Town, London
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Anglo-Catholic
Website	www.ssilas.co.uk
History
Status	Active
Consecrated	26 October 1912
Architecture
Functional status	Parish church
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Administration
Diocese	London
Episcopal area	Edmonton
Archdeaconry	Hampstead
Deanery	South Camden
Parish	St. Silas the Martyr and Holy Trinity with St. Barnabas Kentish Town
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Jonathan Baker
Vicar(s)	Philip Corbett SSC (designate)
Assistant priest(s)	Matthew Burridge

The Church of Saint Silas the Martyr is a Church of England parish church in Kentish Town, London. The church is a grade II* listed building.^[1]

History

The church was built from 1911 to 1913, and designed by the architect Ernest Charles Shearman.^[1] The Church of St Silas replaced an earlier mission church.^[1] The building was funded through a £7,000 donation in the will of Henry Howard Paul, a wealthy American who had spent most of his career in the United Kingdom.^[2] The church was consecrated on 26 October 1912 by Arthur Winnington-Ingram, the then Bishop of London.^[2]

On 10 June 1954, the church was designated a grade II* listed building.^[1]