Building    From 1940 

Church House - Westminster

Categories: Religion

The Westminster site was first used for Anglican church meetings and administration in 1888. In 1891 - 1902 a new design for the whole site was partially built but never completed.

The current building is Listed. From the Listing text: Assembly Hall, chapel and offices. Built 1936-40 by Sir Herbert Baker and A.T. Scott for Church of England.

Facades on: Dean's Yard, Great Smith Street, Little Smith Street and Tufton Street. Used by Parliament and the United Nations during and after WW2.

The photo shows the assembly hall.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Church House - Westminster

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Church House - centenary

This tablet was unveiled by Her Majesty the Queen on 25th October 1988 to com...

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Church House - foundation stone

This foundation stone was placed here by Her Majesty Queen Mary, twentysixth ...

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Church House - opened

This building was opened by His Majesty King George VI accompanied by Her Maj...

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Revd. Christopher Thomas James Chessun

Revd. Christopher Thomas James Chessun

Rector of St Dunstans Stepney, 1999.  Enthroned as the Bishop of Southwark in 2011.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
British and Foreign Bible Society

British and Foreign Bible Society

Now simply the Bible Society, this was created by a group of people including William Wilberforce and Thomas Charles, to encourage the "wider circulation and use" of the Scriptures. On 7 March 1804...

Group, Religion

2 memorials
Rev. Alexander Raleigh

Rev. Alexander Raleigh

The 1865 Christian Witness and Congregational Magazine, Volume 1 reports that from September to October Raleigh opened an iron chapel in Croydon and a chapel in Maidstone. That publication also inc...

Person, Religion

1 memorial
St Lawrence Jewry

St Lawrence Jewry

St Lawrence Jewry is so called because the original twelfth century church stood on the eastern side of the City, then occupied by the Jewish community. That church, built in 1136, was destroyed in...

Building, Religion

3 memorials
National Secular Society

National Secular Society

Campaign promoting secularism and the separation of church and state. Founded by Charles Bradlaugh in 1866. Member of Humanists International.

Group, Religion

1 memorial

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El Alamein

El Alamein

Town in Egypt. The name means 'two worlds'. It was the scene of two battles in 1942, fought by Britain and its allies against the axis of Germany and Italy.

Place, Armed Forces, Egypt

1 memorial
Great Fire of London

Great Fire of London

Started on a Sunday morning. After 4 days the destruction included: - an area of one and a half miles by a half mile - 87 churches - 13,200 houses - only 6 people are recorded as having died (but ...

Event, Tragedy

55 memorials
Linda Eastman

Linda Eastman

Photographer, musician and animal rights activist and Paul McCartney's first wife, of 29 years. Mother of fashion designer Stella and musician James.

Person, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, USA

1 memorial
William Terriss

William Terriss

Actor-manager, owner of the Adelphi Theatre. Born in London as William Charles James Lewin. Terriss was murdered as he entered the theatre at a back door by a disgruntled/deranged former employee/...

Person, Theatre

1 memorial
Vernon Hall

Vernon Hall

It occupied the building that once was Bow Public Library. We can find find no further information about its function, nor who Vernon was.

Building, Community / Clubs

2 memorials