St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge

St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge

Location	32a Wilton Place, Belgravia, London SW1X 8SH
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Tradition	Anglo-Catholic
Architecture
Architect(s)	Thomas Cundy the younger
Completed	1843
Clergy
Vicar(s)	The Revd Alan Gyle

St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge is a Grade II* listed Anglican church at 32a Wilton Place, Knightsbridge, London.^[1]

History

The church dates from 1843, during the incumbency of the Reverend W. J. E. Bennett. The architect was Thomas Cundy the younger.^[2]

A memorial in St Paul's Church^[3] commemorates 52 members of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry who died on active service in World War II, carrying out secret intelligence work for the Special Operations Executive in occupied countries as well as providing transport drivers for the ATS. It includes three holders of the George Cross.

St Paul's sister-parish is the Church of St. Paul's, K street, in Washington DC in the United States.

American heiress Jennie Chuchill married British aristocrat George Cornwallis-West in this church.^[4]

Architecture

The elaborate and highly decorated building was the first church in London to manifest the principles and ideals of the Oxford Movement. The building was consecrated in 1843 and the chancel with its rood screen and striking reredos was added in 1892 by the noted church architect George Frederick Bodley who also decorated St Luke's Chapel.^[5]

References

↑ Historic England, "Church of St Paul (1066084)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 September 2014
↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, subscription-based online edition, retrieved 25 November 2011
↑ St Paul's Church Memorial, Belgravia, London
↑ MacColl, Gail; Wallace, Carol McD. (2012). To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery. New York: Workman Publishing. p. 364. ISBN 9780761171959. OCLC 883485021.
↑ http://www.stpaulsknightsbridge.org/about/st-pauls-architecture/

Coordinates: 51°30′05″N 0°09′21″W / 51.501449°N 0.155762°W / 51.501449; -0.155762

Churches in Westminster

Ancient parish churches (pre-1800)	Savoy Chapel St Anne's, Soho St Clement Danes St George's, Hanover Square St James's Church, Piccadilly St John the Evangelist, Westminster St. Margaret's, Westminster St Martin-in-the-Fields St Marylebone Parish Church St Mary le Strand St Paul's, Covent Garden Westminster Abbey

Anglican daughter churches	All Saints, Margaret Street All Souls, Langham Place Annunciation, Marble Arch Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks Henry VII Chapel Holy Trinity, Marylebone Holy Trinity, South Kensington Queen's Chapel, St James St Augustine's, Kilburn St Cyprian's, Marylebone St Gabriel's, Pimlico St James, Paddington St James the Less, Pimlico St John's Wood Church St Mary, Marylebone St Mary on Paddington Green St Matthew's, Bayswater St Matthew's, Westminster St Paul's, Knightsbridge St Peter, Vere Street St Peter's, Victoria St Saviour's, Pimlico

Other denominations	Church of our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Westminster Crown Court Church, Covent Garden Dormition Cathedral Enon Chapel French Protestant Church of London, Soho Immaculate Conception, Farm Street Notre Dame de France One Mayfair Church Regent Hall, Oxford Street Saint Charles Borromeo church St. James's, Spanish Place St John's Wood Road Baptist Church St Patrick's, Soho St Sophia's Cathedral, Bayswater Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile, Mayfair Ulrika Eleonora West London Methodist Mission West Street Chapel, Westminster Westminster Cathedral Methodist Central Hall Westminster Chapel, Victoria

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