Churches , Essex Johnson was a prolific designer of religious buildings and churches. In 1849 he was instructed to design the
Church of St Edward the Confessor in
Romford,
Essex, and returned in 1864 to complete his second church in the town, St Andrew's, in what is in now the Waterloo Estate. In 1853 he took on the rebuilding of the parish church of All Saints in
Beyton, Suffolk, which retained the medieval core and tower. Johnson created the original designs for
St Luke's Church, Euston Road, between 1856 and 1861. In 1866 it was dismantled and re-designed by Johnson, and re-erected as
a Congregational church in
Wanstead. The church was relocated because of the purchase of land by the Midland Railway, which obtained an Act of Parliament in 1863 to extend its line to London and build a new terminus, (which became
St Pancras railway station) on the land occupied by Johnson's church. It was described by
Historic England as "one of few examples of churches which have been moved and substantially reconstructed to their original form, and by the original architect". Other religious buildings followed, including the Old Vicarage in
Oakley Square,
Camden, in 1861; the Unitarian Chapel,
Hampstead, in 1862; and St Andrews Church in
Hertford in 1875. One of his final churches was
St Mary's Church in
Tidworth,
Wiltshire, which was completed in the year in which Johnson died. It is his only
Grade I listed building.
Public and private buildings in South
Tidworth, Wiltshire Johnson was closely associated with the civil engineer
Sir John Kelk (1816–1886) who instructed Johnson to complete the
Army and Navy Club in
St James's Square, London; Kelk's personal residence at 3
Grosvenor Square, London; Kelk personally funded the project and used the contractors Charles and Thomas Lucas to construct the property. ==Personal life==