St John, Hendon
St. John the Evangelist, an Anglican church located on the end of Algernon Road, next to Vicarage Road.
Credit: Martin Addison
St John is a church built by Temple Moore (1856–1920) was an English architect who was born in Tullamore, Ireland.

In 1875, Moore was articled to George Gilbert Scott, Jr. Moore set up an independent practice in 1878, but continued to work with Scott for some years, and completed some of his commissions. Temple Moore was mainly a church architect, designing some 40 new churches and restoring or making alterations and additions to other churches.

Built in 1895, St John was never completed, and consists only of the nave and the south aisle.

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