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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

Commemorated ati

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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Other Subjects

Mary Fletcher

Mary Fletcher

Methodist deaconess. Born Mary Bosanquet at Leytonstone Manor (or Forest House, depending on source), Leytonstone, Essex. A close friend of John Wesley, her house served as a meeting place for pray...

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Canon Richard Watson Dixon

Canon Richard Watson Dixon

Born Islington. Ecclesiastical historian and poet. At Pembroke College, Oxford, he became one of the ‘Birmingham Group’ along with William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. He was considered for Poe...

Person, History, Poetry, Religion

1 memorial
St Mary le Bow

St Mary le Bow

There is archaeological evidence that a church has existed on the site in Cheapside since Saxon times and the current building was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Its famous bells feature in the ...

Building, Religion

1 memorial
Mr. J. Welbelove

Mr. J. Welbelove

Member of Kingston Spiritualist Church in 1927.

Person, Community / Clubs, Religion

1 memorial
John Felton

John Felton

Catholic lay priest and martyr. Father of Thomas Felton. A wealthy man, he lived at Bermondsey Abbey (the mansion built on the site) and supposedly fixed a copy of the papal bull excommunicating Qu...

Person, Religion

1 memorial