St Raphael's Church, Surbiton
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St Raphael's Church, Surbiton
Image: © Mark Percy Taken: 31 Jan 2010
The church was designed by architect Charles Parker in Italianate style, with early Christian and Renaissance influences. The cost was met by Alexander Raphael, a Catholic Armenian whose family came from India. He became the first Roman Catholic to be elected Sheriff of London after the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act in 1829. Raphael built the Church in 1846 as a family chapel and named it after St Raphael. It was completed in 1848. He died in November 1850.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.401508
Longitude
-0.307937