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The Church of St Stephen in Rochester Row
Rochester Row is a street in the City of Westminster in London that runs between Greycoat Place in the north and Vauxhall Bridge Road in the south.
It is joined by Greycoat Street, Rochester Street, Vincent Square, Emery Hill Street, Vane Str ...
, London, is a grade II* listed building
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The architect was Benjamin Ferrey and the foundation stone was laid on 20 July 1847. The completed church was consecrated with great ceremony on 24 June 1850, the Festival of the nativity of St John the Baptist
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Due to bomb damage to St John's, Smith Square
St John's Smith Square is a redundant church in the centre of Smith Square, Westminster, London. Sold to a charitable trust as a ruin following firebombing in the Second World War, it was restored as a concert hall.
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, in 1941, its parish was united with St Stephen's on 24 November 1950, becoming the parish of St Stephen's with St John's.
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Rochester Row is a street in the City of Westminster in London that runs between Greycoat Place in the north and Vauxhall Bridge Road in the south.
It is joined by Greycoat Street, Rochester Street, Vincent Square, Emery Hill Street, Vane Str ...
opposite and outside of the Church of St Stephen.
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