St Philip's Church was a church building at 188 Buckingham Palace Road in Victoria, London.
History[edit]
It was designed in a redbrick neo-Gothic version of the Early English style by Brierly and Demaine with enough seats for 850 and (to avoid excluding working-class worshippers) no pew rents. It was built between 1887 and 1890 and was assigned a District Chapelry by an Order in Council of 12 January 1891.[1][2] The church's parish hall and parsonage (designed in 1892 by Robert William Edis) survive at the corner of Buckingham Palace Road and Elizabeth Street.[2] A merger back into the parish of St Michael's Church, Chester Square was proposed in September 1919.[3]
The church building of St Philip's was leased to the Russian Orthodox Church's London parish from 1921 onwards, though the parish still had an Anglican vicar as of 1938-1939 when the post's holder W. H. Elliott successfully petitioned Arthur Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London for money to repair damage to airflow and light-flow caused by the construction of the new Imperial Airways building nearby.[4] The church was seriously but reparably damaged during the Blitz and the Russian congregation moved out in 1956 when the building was demolished for an extension of Victoria Coach Station.[5][6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Copy of London Gazette containing a reprint of the Order in Council, 12 Jan 1891, forming the District Chapelry of St Philip". Westminster Archives.
- ^ a b "Geraldine Edith Mitton, Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater – The Fascination of London".
- ^ "Correspondence concerning the proposed reunion of St Philip, Buckingham Palace Road with St Michael, Chester Square, 9-30 September 1919". Westminster Archives.
- ^ "Response from the Bishop of London to a petition from the Rev Wallace Harold Elliott, vicar of the parish of St Philip, Buckingham Palace Road, granting £200 to carry out repairs resulting from the damage to the 'air and light flowing to the church site', caused by the erection of new Imperial Airways Ltd building, 27 January 1939". Westminster Archives.
- ^ "History of the London Cathedral".
- ^ "Advertisement for Christmas services at Russian Orthodox Church, 1955". Westminster Archives.
- ^ "Black and white photograph by F Merton Atkins of St Philip's Church, on the west side of Buckingham Palace Road, during its demolition, 2 February 1956". Westminster Archives.