Marybone Chapel
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| Marybone Chapel | |
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 Plate 2 of William Hogarth's Industry and Idleness, showing the interior of the chapel.
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Founder(s) | Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer |
| Architect(s) | James Gibbs |
| Constructed | 1722 |
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| Address | Oxford Street, London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
The Marybone Chapel or Marylebone Chapel (originally known as the Oxford Chapel after its founder Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, and now known as St Peter's Vere Street) was an Anglican church off Oxford Street, London, designed by James Gibbs in 1722. It was originally intended as a Chapel of Ease to supplement the parish church for the growing parish of Marylebone.
It was licensed for marriages 1722-1754 and 1930-deconsecration - Margaret Bentinck (daughter of the 2nd Earl, and Duchess of Portland) married here. Incumbents include Frederick Maurice the theologian (1860-69), whilst William Boyce was the chapel's organist 1734-36. Its interior appears in plate 2 of Hogarth's print series Industry and Idleness.
Its ground plan was copied at St. Paul's Church, the earliest Anglican church in Canada, [1] and the Holy Ghost plaque in the ceiling at St Thomas's, Stourbridge is a close copy of that here.[2]
It housed the congregation of All Souls Church, Langham Place from 1940 to 1951 whilst the latter was having war damage repaired, and then became a chapel of ease to it. It is now deconsecrated and houses the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity.[3]
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