Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY, WYNDHAM PLACE, BRYANSTON SQUARE, WYNDHAM PLACE W1
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1224993
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, WYNDHAM PLACE, BRYANSTON SQUARE, WYNDHAM PLACE W1
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1224993
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, WYNDHAM PLACE, BRYANSTON SQUARE, WYNDHAM PLACE W1
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, WYNDHAM PLACE, BRYANSTON SQUARE, WYNDHAM PLACE W1
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- City of Westminster (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 27626 81702
Details
TQ 2781 NE
43/45
CITY OF WESTMINSTER
WYNDHAM PLACE, W1
Bryanston Square
Church of St Mary
10.9.54
GV
I
Parish church. 1821-23 Commissioners church by Sir Robert Smirke, some internal remodelling 1874 by Sir A.W. Blomfield. Stock brick and Bath or Chilmark stone.
Rectangular plan with axial south tower and portico. Greek Revival details coentrated on portico and tower. Two storeys. Nine-bay sides. Five bay east and west ends. The tower and portico bowed out of three centre bays of south side. Architraved flanking doorways in portico and pilaster strip corniced doorway at foot of tower to centre with flush panelled door in pilaster reveals. The sides have square architraved lower level windows and tall semicircular arched upper level windows rising from sill band, recessed for one order and lined out in stone with simple archivolts linked by impost string. Similar but narrower windows to second level of tower within portico. Tripartite pedimented east window.
West front has five bays with three-bay slightly advanced pedimented centre; architraved central doorway with cornice on console; similar fenestration. Plinth and crowning cornice with blocking course. The bowed ashlar south portico has a giant order of unfluted Ionic columns, deep entablature and parapet with blind panels of vertical loop pattern. The rather attenuated circular tower rises in three stages from plain drum base, the main stage with engaged order of fluted columns with Graeco-Egyptian capitals carrying deep entablature with acroteria to blocking course and wreathed clock in drum base to crowning arcaded cupola with stone dome and cross finial.
Interior has simple shallow segmental vault carried on the columns of the gallery, the nave level gallery supports modified by Blomfield.
Listing NGR: TQ2762681706
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 207691
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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