St Peterburgh's Place, Bayswater, London

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St Peterburgh's Place, Bayswater, London

Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 3 Apr 2016

The view northwards from Bayswater Road with Kensington Gardens immediately behind the photographer, on the opposite side of the road. The most prominent building is the Grade II* listed St Matthew's Church. Built in Victorian Gothic Revival style by John Johnson II, it was financed by John Derby Allcroft of Stokesay Court, Shropshire. Replacing an earlier church dating from 1818, it was completed in 1882 having been built to cope with the large numbers who flocked to hear from the then incumbent, Archdeacon Hunter, who had returned from 23 years of missionary work with the Cree Indians of Northern Canada. Apart from the addition of the west gallery two years after its opening, it has remained largely unchanged since its original construction. At one stage it held seating for some 1400 people.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.510186
Longitude
-0.190788