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Building    From 1940 

Church House - Westminster

Categories: Religion

Church House - Westminster

The Westminster site was first used for Anglican church meetings and administration in 1888. In 1891 - 1902 a new design for the whole site was partially built but never completed.

The current building is Listed. From the : Assembly Hall, chapel and offices. Built 1936-40 by Sir Herbert Baker and A.T. Scott for Church of England.

Facades on: Dean's Yard, Great Smith Street, Little Smith Street and Tufton Street. Used by Parliament and the United Nations during and after WW2.

The photo shows the assembly hall.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Church House - Westminster

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Church House - centenary

This tablet was unveiled by Her Majesty the Queen on 25th October 1988 to com...

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Church House - foundation stone

This foundation stone was placed here by Her Majesty Queen Mary, twentysixth ...

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Church House - opened

This building was opened by His Majesty King George VI accompanied by Her Maj...

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Laurence Pountney Church & Corpus Christi College

Laurence Pountney Church & Corpus Christi College

Sir John Poultney or de Pulteney was in the Drapers' Company, Lord Mayor 3 times in the period 1330-6, and had his house on the west of what is now Laurence Pountney Hill.  He founded Corpus Christ...

Building, Religion

1 memorial
Newington Green Unitarian Church

Newington Green Unitarian Church

A Grade II listed building. It is one of England's oldest Unitarian churches, and belongs to the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches. It is known as 'the birthplace of feminis...

Place, Religion

1 memorial
Fetter Lane Society

Fetter Lane Society

The Moravian leader in London, Peter Bohler, established the Fetter Lane Society in May 1738 (- 42 depending on source).  Most of the members were Anglicans.  Attendees included John Wesley, Charle...

Group, Religion

1 memorial
Dean Richard William Church

Dean Richard William Church

Dean of St Paul’s from 1871 to 1890. Died Dover. 2019: We were contacted by Ann Hentschel who told us that church was born Lisbon, Portugal, not Newport, Wales, as we had read elsewhere. Ann has p...

Person, Religion, Wales

2 memorials
William Jenkyn, MA

William Jenkyn, MA

Nonconformist minister.  Born Suffolk.  His mother was great-granddaughter of John Rogers.  A pro-royalist, he was held in the Tower in 1651 but escaped execution.  In 1684 he was again arrested fo...

Person, Religion

1 memorial