St John Horsleydown

Built for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor and John James in 1726–1733, it was noted for its distinctive spire in the form of a tapering column.

[5] Like St Luke Old Street, the other collaboration between the two men, which was built at the same time, the main body of the church was simple in plan, with an aisled nave.

[5] The most distinctive feature of the church was its unusual spire,[2] This was in the form of a tapering column, and was topped by a weather vane depicting a comet.

[6] He described the church as "a stately building, all stone faced, the W front severely bare, without a portico, the N side symmetrical with two outer slightly projecting bays and a central big Venetian window.

The shell of the church serves as the backdrop for part of the promo film for Manfred Mann's 1969 single 'Ragamuffin Man'.