St Andrew's Church, Ham


St Andrew's Church, Ham, is a Grade II listed Church of England church on Church Road, Ham Common in Ham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

Architecture

The church was built in grey brick in 1830–31; the architect was Edward Lapidge. A south aisle with a rose window, designed by Raphael Brandon, was added in 1860, and a chancel in red brick, by Bodley & Garner, in 1900–01.
The church has 32 windows; eleven with stained glass installed between 1901 and 1948, four of which are by Shrigley & Hunt. The three-light window at the west end by Hugh Ray Easton, installed in 1932, shows Saint Andrew in the centre, flanked by scenes of baptism and confirmation. Surrounding the high altar are eight large paintings of prophets and evangelists.
There is a memorial stained glass window to Sir George Dance, a dramatist and theatrical manager, and his son Erik who died in a prison camp in World War II.

Notable interments

The cemetery also contains the graves of three war dead: Irene Daisy Collett of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Ronald Oswald Dibben of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and William Samuel Hudson Palmer of the Royal Flying Corps.

Activities

The church has a service on Sunday mornings, a Sunday School for children between the ages of 3 to 11 years and a youth group for older children.
On the initiative of a German-speaking congregation established in 1979 by parents of pupils attending the German School nearby in Petersham, Lutheran services in the German language have been held at St Andrew's since 1980. The services are held twice a month on Sunday afternoons, with a concurrent Sunday school. There are also regularly scheduled Ecumenical services shared by the Anglican St Andrew’s congregation and the German-speaking Catholic congregation..