If you do decide to visit St Pancras Old Church and explore its connections with Mary and Percy Shelley, there are a few other things to look out for. As already discussed in the previous post, writer and women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797) and political activist and author William Godwin 1756 – 1836) were married in this church and… [Read more…]
April 27, 2011
What is a caryatid? If you’ve ever walked along Euston Rd, just past the northern edge of Bloomsbury, you will have probably seen them adorning the north side of St Parish Pancras Church. They can also be found on the south side. The church itself sits roughly midway between the British Library to the east, and… [Read more…]
April 2, 2011
On the corner of the lovely Gordon Square and Byng Place in Bloomsbury is the imposing 19th century neo-Gothic Church of Christ the King. Built between 1851 – 1854 out of Bath stone, its cruciform-plan interior was designed by John Raphael Rodrigues Brandon (1817 – 1877), a British architect and author. The church was Grade 1 listed in 1954. Originally… [Read more…]
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