St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
| St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge | |
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| Location | 32a Wilton Place, Belgravia, London SW1X 8SH |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
| Website | https://www.stpaulsknightsbridge.org/ |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Paul |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 24-Feb-1958 |
| Architect(s) | Thomas Cundy the younger |
| Style | Victorian Gothic |
| Years built | 1843 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St Paul, Wilton Place |
| Deanery | Westminster (St Margaret) |
| Archdeaconry | Charing Cross |
| Diocese | London |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Bishop(s) | Bishop of London |
| Vicar(s) | The Revd Alan Gyle |
| Assistant priest(s) | The Revd Louis Darrant |
| Honorary priest(s) | The Ven Nick Mercer The Rt Revd Michael Colclough The Revd Graham Palmer |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Stephen Farr |
| Organist(s) | Michael Papadopoulos |
| Organ scholar | Adam Mathias |
St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge is a Grade II* listed Anglican church of the Anglo-Catholic tradition located at 32a Wilton Place, Knightsbridge, London.
The church was founded in 1843, the first in London to champion the ideals of the Oxford Movement, during the incumbency of the Reverend W. J. E. Bennett. The architect was Thomas Cundy the younger.
A memorial in St Paul's Church commemorates 52 members of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry who died on active service in World War II, carrying out secret intelligence work for the Special Operations Executive in occupied countries as well as providing transport drivers for the ATS. It includes three holders of the George Cross.
American heiress Jennie Churchill married British aristocrat George Cornwallis-West in this church.
St Paul's sister-parish is the Church of St. Paul's, K street, in Washington, DC in the United States.
After the building's consecration in 1843 the chancel with its rood screen and striking reredos was added in 1892 by the noted church architect George Frederick Bodley who also decorated St Luke's Chapel, which stands in the place of a Lady Chapel to the south of the sanctuary; the Lady Chapel of St Paul's having been traditionally seen as being the church of St Mary's, Bourne Street.
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