St Yeghiche Armenian Church ( hy, Սուրբ Եղիշե եկեղեցի) is the largest church of the

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. It faces Cranley Gardens,

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, London. The church was privately built in 1867 as St Peter's Anglican Church by highly successful developer, Charles James Freake, whose widow came to live later in life in one of the adjacent houses. It became the Church of England parish church of Kensington (St Peter's). By an Order in Council of December 1972 Saint Peter's was declared redundant with the intention that the building be leased to the Armenian Orthodox Church. Anglican services ceased in January 1973. The building was purchased by a benefactor in 1998 and restored, with the addition of features required by the Armenian Divine Liturgy. Another Armenian church in Kensington, of the traditional Armenian style, is St Sarkis.

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Photos of the church on FlickrSpecification of the four-manual Willis/Walker organ
Grade II* listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Churches in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Church of St Yegiche Armenian Apostolic churches in the United Kingdom Former Church of England church buildings Church buildings converted to a different denomination South Kensington Churches completed in 1867 {{London-church-stub