St Mary's, Bryanston Square
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| 51°31′11″N 0°9′43″W / 51.51972°N 0.16194°WCoordinates: 51°31′11″N 0°9′43″W / 51.51972°N 0.16194°W | |
| Location | Wyndham Place, Bryanston Square, London |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Charismatic evangelical |
| Website | stmaryslondon |
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| Status | Active |
| Functional status | Parish church |
| Heritage designation | Grade I listed |
| Architect(s) | Robert Smirke |
| Groundbreaking | 1823 |
| Completed | 1824 |
| Construction cost | £19,955 |
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| Parish | St Mary, Bryanston Square with St Mark, Marylebone |
| Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Charing Cross |
| Diocese | Diocese of London |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | The Revd John Peters |
| Curate(s) | The Revd Ben Jones |
St Mary's, Bryanston Square, is a Church of England church dedicated to the Virgin Mary on Wyndham Place, Bryanston Square, London. A related Church of England primary school which was founded next to it bears the same name.
St Mary's, Bryanston Square was built as one of the Commissioners' churches in 1823–1824 and was designed by Robert Smirke to seal the vista from the lower end of Bryanston Square. It is a brick building, with a stone portico and tower and listed grade I. The church cost £19,955 (equivalent to £1,580,000 in 2015), towards which the Church Building Commission gave a grant of £14,955.
Charles John Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington, and Margaret Farmer were married in the church on 16 February 1818. Thomas Frognall Dibdin (c.1823 – 1847) was a rector, and Samuel Augustus Barnett was introduced to his future wife Henrietta during his curacy there (1867–8).
The church is known colloquially as "St Mary's Church London", since it is the most central Anglican church named St Mary's in inner London, and is known to be an active element of the evangelical wing of the Church of England, in association with other churches, including Holy Trinity Brompton.
The current congregation (led by Rev. John Peters) began meeting in the building in 2002, having received allocation of the building from the Bishop of London. Most of the starting congregation moved from St Paul's Onslow Square, having met there under the name St Paul's Anglican Fellowship.
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