All Saints, Margaret Street
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All Saints, Margaret Street, is a Grade I listed Anglo-Catholic church in London. The church was designed by the architect William Butterfield and built between 1850 and 1859. It has been hailed as Butterfield's masterpiece[1] and a pioneering building of the High Victorian Gothic style that would characterize British architecture from around 1850 to 1870.[2]
All Saints, Margaret Street | |
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Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
Website | allsaintsmargaretstreet.org.uk |
History | |
Consecrated | 1859 |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Architect(s) | William Butterfield |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | London |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Jonathan Baker |
Vicar(s) | Peter Anthony |
Laity | |
Director of music | Stephen Farr |
The church is situated on the north side of Margaret Street in Fitzrovia, near Oxford Street, within a small courtyard. Two other buildings face onto this courtyard: one is the vicarage and the other (formerly a choir school) now houses the parish room and flats for assistant priests.
All Saints is noted for its architecture, style of worship, and musical tradition.