| St Mary's, Wyndham Place | |
|---|---|
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  St Mary's, Wyndham Place | |
| Location | Bryanston Square, London |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Charismatic evangelical |
| Website | stmaryslondon.com |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Parish church |
| Heritage designation | Grade I listed |
| Architect(s) | Robert Smirke |
| Groundbreaking | 1823 |
| Completed | 1824 |
| Construction cost | £19,955 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of London |
| Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Charing Cross |
| Parish | St Mary, Bryanston Square with St Mark, Marylebone |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | The Revd John Peters |
| Curate(s) | The Revd Ben Jones |
St Mary's, Bryanston Square, is a Church of England church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Bryanston Square, London. It is also the name of a related Church of England primary school which was founded next to it.[1]
History
It was built as one of the Commissioners' churches in 1823–1824 and was designed by Robert Smirke to seal the vista from the lower end of Bryanston Square.[2] It is a brick building, with a stone portico and tower and listed grade I.[3] The church cost £19,955 (equivalent to £2,220,000 in 2023),[4] and the Church Building Commission gave a grant of £14,955 towards this.[5]
Charles John Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington, and Margaret Farmer married in the church on 16 February 1818. The church's rector (c.1823–1847) was Thomas Frognall Dibdin, and Samuel Augustus Barnett was introduced to his future wife Henrietta during his curacy there (1867–8).
Modern era
The church, now colloquially known simply as "St Mary's Church London"[6], since it is the most central Anglican church named St Mary's in inner London, is in the 2010s known as an active part of the evangelical wing of the Church of England, associated with churches such as Holy Trinity Brompton.
See also
References
- ^ St Mary's Bryanston Square C of E School
- ^ Rhodri Liscombe, "Economy, Character and Durability: Specimen Designs for the Church Commissioners, 1818", Architectural History, Vol. 13. (1970), pp. 43–57+119–127
- ^ Images of England: Church of St Mary, Wyndham Place, Bryanston Square, Historic England, retrieved 9 May 2010
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Port, M. H. (2006), 600 New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818-1856 (2nd ed.), Reading: Spire Books, p. 328, ISBN 978-1-904965-08-4
- ^ http://www.stmaryslondon.com/staff