St Peter's Church was an Anglican church in Regent Square in the

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. It was built in 1826, and was demolished after being badly damaged in World War II.

History

Regent Square was laid out after 1809, when development of the Harrison Estate, owned by the brickmaker Thomas Harrison, was passed by an Act of Parliament. The Presbyterian Church (completed in 1827) and St Peter's Church were the first buildings in the square.'The Harrison Estate', in ''Survey of London: Volume 24, the Parish of St Pancras Part 4: King's Cross Neighbourhood'', ed. Walter H Godfrey and W McB. Marcham (London, 1952), pp. 70-79
British History Online, retrieved 16 October 2023. St Peter's Church stood on the east side of the square. The architects were

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and his son

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, and was built from 1822 to 1826. Like their best known work,

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, it was designed in

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style. The west front had an Ionic hexastyle portico the width of the church; above this was an

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, which continued round the building, and a

pediment Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds. A pedim ...

. There was a circular tower of two stages, with six columns around each stage. It was consecrated by the Bishop of London,

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, on 8 May 1826. The first incumbent was William Harness, who remained until 1844, and the first organist was

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, who held the post for thirty years. It was a district

chapelry A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century. Status It had a similar status to a township but was so named as it had a chapel of ease (chapel) which was the com ...

until 1868, when a separate parish was created. The building was badly damaged during World War II, and was later demolished. The parish was united in 1954 with Holy Cross Church, St Pancras."Anglican Churches in St. Pancras, Middlesex in 1890"

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. Retrieved 16 October 2023.

References

External links

Elevation and sections of St Peter's Church
at British History Online
Photograph of the west portico and tower of St Peter's Church
at British History Online {{coord, 51.5270, -0.1206, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Churches bombed by the Luftwaffe in London Former Church of England church buildings Buildings and structures demolished in the 1950s Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Camden Greek Revival church buildings in the United Kingdom