In 1822 there was but one church in the parish of Lambeth, while the parish itself extended from Southwark and the river Thames on the one side to Streatham and Camberwell on the other. In 1824 the four spacious structures, St. Matthew's, Brixton; St. Mark's, Kennington; St. Luke's, Norwood; and St. John's, Waterloo-road, were erected; and from that time to this the work has gone on steadily advancing, till there are at this day no less than twenty-five churches in the original parish of Lambeth. The newest of these, St. Jude's, Brockwell Park, Brixton, built in the Early Decorated style of English Gothic architecture, is shown in our Illustration. This building is designed to seat 1070 persons. Its entire cost was £7900, of which £6220 has been defrayed by voluntary contributions, and £500 has been granted by the Surrey Church Association, leaving £1180 yet to be subscribed; the architect being Mr. E. C. Robins, of Southampton-street, Strand, and the contractor Mr. John Kirk, of Woolwich. The patronage is vested in the hands of five trustees, who have appointed the Rev. K. B. Ransford, M.A., of Clare College, Cambridge, five years' Curate of the mother parish of St. Matthew's, to the first charge, which under the new Act will be a vicarage.
Source: The Illustrated London News, Vol. LIV, May 15, 1869, p.501
St. Jude's Church, Brockwell Park, Brixton