Clapham Church Spire, London - August 2015

[The_Raw]

St Mary’s in Clapham is one of the major Catholic Victorian churches of South London. It was opened to serve the growing numbers of Catholics living around Clapham Common in the middle of the 19th Century who came to work on the new roads and railways, as well as meet the demand by the rising middle classes to enlarge their domestic staffs. The church was designed in a Gothic style by William Wardell and has later additions by J E Bentley, architect of Westminster Cathedral. The foundation stone was laid on 2 August 1849 and the church was opened by Cardinal Wiseman on 14 May 1851. The spire is currently being restored by a Heritage Lottery funded project.

I love climbing stuff close to where I live, I love that satisfaction of looking up at something knowing you've been on the top! I've been passing this on the bus for months and kept forgetting about it, hardly an epic but I think it's probably the highest structure in Clapham. It's certainly a local landmark around here as there are literally no other high structures around. I was surprised how long it took to get to the top, it's actually 170ft even though it doesn't look it. I popped up on the way home from a night out and enjoyed a bottle of cider up top, as you do like

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Thanks for looking

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[Merryprankster]

nice shizzle dude, i know what you mean about climbing local stuff, still walk past the roofs i used to go up around worcs as a kid before i even knew what 'urbex' was and crack a little smile, i remember taking my ex up the roof of the grammar school over the road from my mums when we were about 15 and looking at the stars then lying to her about which constellation was her star sign, also blagged her i was deaf in one ear for the first month we went out 2: 2: 2:

 

[TLR]

That's a grand looking old church spire, some cracking photos too. Good effort

 

[hamtagger]

Jesus that's some view in number 6! Nice work mate, like this set

 

[Hydro]

Looks a goofd view up there... and an excellent choice in band T