The red-brick church was designed by Arthur Cawston, built in 1888–1892, located behind the former Royal London Hospital. It is on the site of an earlier chapel built in 1818-1821 dedicated to St Philip. After the Second World War it was combined with the parish of St Augustine's, Stepney, and made redundant in 1979. It was converted into a medical library in 1985-1988 and opened by Anne, Princess Royal, on 21st November 1988.[1]
The Royal London Hospital Museum is located in the crypt of St Philip's Church.
^Swash, Caroline (2002). Medical Science and Stained Glass: The Johannes Schreiter Windows at the Medical Library the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel. Malvern Arts Press Ltd. ISBN9780954105518.