Church of Christ the King, Bloomsbury
| Church of Christ the King, Bloomsbury | |
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Contemporary photo of the church
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 Church of Christ the King, Bloomsbury
Location of Church of Christ the King in London
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| 51°31′24.5″N 0°7′53.7″W / 51.523472°N 0.131583°WCoordinates: 51°31′24.5″N 0°7′53.7″W / 51.523472°N 0.131583°W | |
| OS grid reference | TQ296822 |
| Location | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Catholic Apostolic Church, Anglican |
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| Architect(s) | Raphael Brandon |
| Years built | 1850-1854 |
The Church of Christ the King is a church belonging to the Catholic Apostolic Church, situated in Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London, alongside Dr Williams's Library and near University College London. The church is currently used by Euston Church for Sunday services. The English Chapel at the east end of the Church is used by Forward in Faith for weekday services. It has been a Grade I listed building since 10 June 1954.
Early English Neo-Gothic in style and cruciform in plan, the church was built by Raphael Brandon between 1850 and 1854 (with Brandon's interior designed in 1853) for the Victorian church movement the Catholic Apostolic Church (also known as "Irvingites"). It is built of Bath stone, with a tiled roof. The structure is incomplete, lacking two bays on its liturgical west side (which prevented the construction of a planned façade - the west end remains unfinished, in brick apart from entrance in stone) and (like the abbey) a crossing tower (including a 150 ft spire - the tower base that was built has mostly blind arcading). Its cruciform plan (Westminster Abbey in miniature) is made up of a nave with full triforium and clerestory, side aisles, sanctuary and Lady Chapel. All of the church's exterior corners have octagonal corner turrets with gabled niches and terminating in spires with gablets. The facade has pinnacled buttresses and corbelled parapets.
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