Jewin Welsh Church
The Jewin Welsh Presbyterian Church, just to the north of the Barbican, can trace its history back to the late 18th century.
The roots of the Jewin Welsh Church go back to services held in 1774 at a room at Cock Lane at Smithfield. They moved to a small chapel at Wilderness Row, Clerkenwell, near the junction of Clerkenwell Road and St. John Street, until a grander chapel was established in 1822 at Jewin Crescent, Clerkenwell. With a growing congregation, in 1879 it moved a short distance to a larger chapel at the present site on the corner of Fann Street and Viscount Street. That building was destroyed in September 1940 during the Second World War.
The current chapel opened in 1961 on the same site, which now stands between the Barbican and the Golden Lane housing estate. Built by Caroe and Partners, it is a rectangular hall of brick, with a tower in the south-west and a copper-clad roof supported by pointed concrete arches. There is a central pulpit, above which is the Compton organ. There are galleries on three sides. Stained glass is by Carl Edwards.
