St Dunstan's Church, Cheam

Address: Church Rd, Cheam, Sutton SM3 8QH
Telephone: 020 86411284‎

St Dunstan's was built in 1862-64 in florid French Gothic style. A medieval church used to stand on the site, but it was demolished to make way for the building we see today. Only Lumley Chapel remains as a reminder of what used to be.

Gothic masterpiece: the picturesque St Dunstan's

Did you know? The church is on a hill and its needle spire makes it a distinctive landmark, visible for miles around – it is particularly spectacular when floodlit for special occasions.

Historic: St Dunstan's Church and graveyard

Give me shelter: the lychgate to St Dunstan's church. In inclement weather, it was designed to shelter pallbearers and the coffin, until the clergyman's arrival