A visit to St Stephen’s Church, Hounslow

Just under 150 years ago a new church opened in Hounslow to serve the growing population. This is St Stephen’s Church, but if you look at it carefully, you might notice that the tower seems a bit out of place, and that’s because it was added 60 years after the church opened.The church owes its existence to the expanding local population, particularly from the early 1800s onwards. Only the Holy Trinity Church, which dates from 1721, could cater to the population. In 1856, a decision w