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Fitzrovia Chapel

Chapels in LondonFitzroviaFormer Church of England church buildingsFormer churches in the City of WestminsterGothic Revival church buildings in London
Grade II* listed churches in the City of Westminster
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The Fitzrovia Chapel is situated in Pearson Square, in the centre of the Fitzroy Place development, bordered by Mortimer Street, Cleveland Street, Nassau Street and Riding House Street in Fitzrovia, Westminster. The chapel was designed by John Loughborough Pearson, and was built 1891–92, and though already in use, the interiors weren’t completed until 1929, overseen by his son Frank Loughborough Pearson (1864–1947).The chapel was built in the central courtyard of the former Middlesex Hospital, which was rebuilt in 1929-35 and subsequently demolished in 2008-15. The chapel was retained and it now stands in the Pearson Square development. The chapel is a Grade II* listed building, noted for its opulent Gothic Revival style and opulent mosaic interior.

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