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I'm afraid it's only a major refurbishment. You may be interested to know that the building was designed by the same architect who designed the southbank power station that became Tate Modern. He also designed the old style GPO phone box. You can see a brick motif throughout I suppose.

Loz Wrote:

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> Dunno, but every time I pass it on a bus I do wonder how much training a Salvo

> needs to warrant such a huge (but lovely) building.


I visited it on one of those Open London weekends a few years ago; even got a view from the roof. From what I remember it's, among other things, a residential college. In the main worship area were flags for each of the two-yearly intakes.


I see there's information about the building project at http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/www_uki.nsf/vw-dynamic-index/646D93957B28B4068025754E0043547C?Opendocument.

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Its slowly being raised to heaven. Salvation is on

> the way.


The Sally Army are promoted to the light - that always makes me smile when I read it on the bottom of Booth's statue there.

Alec John Moore Wrote:

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> I'm afraid it's only a major refurbishment. You

> may be interested to know that the building was

> designed by the same architect who designed the

> southbank power station that became Tate Modern.


Indeed. Giles Gilbert Scott also designed Liverpool Cathedral and Batersea Power station.


His father and grandfather were also architects and were both called George Gilbert Scott. The grandfather designed St Pancras Station, and many Gothic revival churches such as St Giles Camberwell (to bring us almost back home).

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