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St Pancras New Church
St Pancras New Church is a Greek Revival church in St Pancras, London, built in 1819–22 to the designs of William and Henry William Inwood. The church is one of the most important 19th-century churches in England and is a Grade I listed building, and is still in use as a place of worship. Regular services are hosted at 11am on Sundays, and the church is the principal church for the Borough of Camden - hosting their civic services.
Known for its strong musical heritage, the church regularly offers a platform to students from the London conservatoires, and is the home of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music (established in 2002), the St Pancras Music Festival, and is used as a major concert venue in London.
The Crypt Gallery (www.cryptgallery.org.uk) is based at the church.
The church is in the southern part of the historic parish and later borough of St Pancras, close to its boundary with the parish of Bloomsbury. It is situated on the south side of Euston Road, at the corner of Upper Woburn Place, in the borough of Camden.
When it was built its west front faced into the south-east corner of Euston Square, which had been laid out on either side of what was then simply known as the "New Road".
It was intended as a new principal church for the parish of St Pancras, which stretched from a point about 50 metres north of Oxford Street as far north as Highgate. The St Pancras Old Church, the original parish church was a small ancient building to the north of New Road. This had become neglected following a growth in population in the north of the parish, and by the early 19th century services were only held there once a month, worship at other times taking place in a chapel in Kentish Town.
With the northwards expansion of London into the area, the population in the southern part of the parish grew, and a new church was felt necessary. Following the opening of the new parish church, the Old Church became a chapel of ease to it, although it was later given its own separate ecclesiastical parish (the civil parish remaining undivided). During the 19th century many further churches were built to serve the burgeoning population of the original parish of St Pancras, and by 1890 it had been divided into 33 ecclesiastical parishes.
The church was built primarily to serve the newly built up parts of the parish close to Euston Road. The building of St Pancras church was agreed in 1816 and approved in the St. Pancras Parish Church and Parochial Chapel Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3. c. xxxix). After a competition involving thirty or so tenders, designs by the local architect William Inwood, in collaboration with his son Henry William Inwood, were accepted. The builder was Isaac Seabrook. The first stone was laid by the Duke of York at a ceremony on 1 July 1819. It was carved with a Greek inscription, of which the English translation was "May the light of the blessed Gospel thus ever illuminate the dark temples of the Heathen".
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St Pancras New Church
St Pancras New Church is a Greek Revival church in St Pancras, London, built in 1819–22 to the designs of William and Henry William Inwood. The church is one of the most important 19th-century churches in England and is a Grade I listed building, and is still in use as a place of worship. Regular services are hosted at 11am on Sundays, and the church is the principal church for the Borough of Camden - hosting their civic services.
Known for its strong musical heritage, the church regularly offers a platform to students from the London conservatoires, and is the home of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music (established in 2002), the St Pancras Music Festival, and is used as a major concert venue in London.
The Crypt Gallery (www.cryptgallery.org.uk) is based at the church.
The church is in the southern part of the historic parish and later borough of St Pancras, close to its boundary with the parish of Bloomsbury. It is situated on the south side of Euston Road, at the corner of Upper Woburn Place, in the borough of Camden.
When it was built its west front faced into the south-east corner of Euston Square, which had been laid out on either side of what was then simply known as the "New Road".
It was intended as a new principal church for the parish of St Pancras, which stretched from a point about 50 metres north of Oxford Street as far north as Highgate. The St Pancras Old Church, the original parish church was a small ancient building to the north of New Road. This had become neglected following a growth in population in the north of the parish, and by the early 19th century services were only held there once a month, worship at other times taking place in a chapel in Kentish Town.
With the northwards expansion of London into the area, the population in the southern part of the parish grew, and a new church was felt necessary. Following the opening of the new parish church, the Old Church became a chapel of ease to it, although it was later given its own separate ecclesiastical parish (the civil parish remaining undivided). During the 19th century many further churches were built to serve the burgeoning population of the original parish of St Pancras, and by 1890 it had been divided into 33 ecclesiastical parishes.
The church was built primarily to serve the newly built up parts of the parish close to Euston Road. The building of St Pancras church was agreed in 1816 and approved in the St. Pancras Parish Church and Parochial Chapel Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3. c. xxxix). After a competition involving thirty or so tenders, designs by the local architect William Inwood, in collaboration with his son Henry William Inwood, were accepted. The builder was Isaac Seabrook. The first stone was laid by the Duke of York at a ceremony on 1 July 1819. It was carved with a Greek inscription, of which the English translation was "May the light of the blessed Gospel thus ever illuminate the dark temples of the Heathen".