Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater

by G. E. Mitton

Adjoining the orphanage is the large red-brick church of St. Augustine. This is a remarkable church both inside and out. It was designed by J. L. Pearson, who thereby obtained the distinction of adding the letters R.A. to his name. Through this building he also obtained the commission to build Truro Cathedral. The church, as above stated, is of red brick, in the first Pointed style, with long lancet windows. At the four corners are four Pointed towers enriched with stonework. The centre steeple has never been added, for want of funds, though the foundations for it are deeply laid. The interior is very picturesque. There is a triforium formed by the bays of the arches carried up from the centre aisle. The roof is groined, and the chancel-screen, pulpit, walls of the chancel, and the reredos are all stonework, with niches fitted with stone figures. In the transeptal chapels are some fine oil paintings executed on brick; that in the south chapel is the work of a prize pupil of the Royal Academy. The church was built entirely owing to the exertions of the present vicar, Mr. Kirkpatrick, who himself contributed largely. An iron church on the same site was erected in 1870, and was so constructed that the present building could be built over and enclose it; therefore service was never interrupted for one day during the process. In 1871 the greater part of the church was built, and in 1877 the nave was opened. It was completed in 1880.

There is very little of interest in the remaining part of the district. St. Peter's Church, Elgin Avenue, was consecrated on August 12, 1872. The church is built of Kentish ragstone, and is in a plain Early English style, with an apse at the east end. The square tower, surmounted by a short steeple, was added a few years later. The pillars are of polished Aberdeen granite. St. Peter's National Schools lie to the south in Chippenham Road. In Fernhead Road there is a Wesleyan chapel, built in an ornate style with two square towers. Further north, just within the borough boundary, is St. Luke's Church, built of brick, with schools attached. This was consecrated in January, 1877, and is in a severe Gothic style.

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INDEX

• Aberdare, Lord, [67]
• Aberfield, [83]
• Abergavenny, Lord, [28]
• Abershaw, Jerry, [83]
• Abingdon, Lord, [29]
• Abington, Mrs., [70]
• Adair, Sir R., [40]
• Albemarle Club, [31]
• Albemarle, Earl of, [26]
• Albemarle Street, [30]
• Aldford Street, [13], [17], [38]
• Alington House, [14]
• Alison, Sir A., [65]
• Allingham, W., [19]
• Ancaster, Earl of, [61]
• Anglesea, Lord, [29]
• Anne, Queen, [49]
• Anson, Admiral, [23]
• Anthropological Society, [21]
• Apsley House, [54]
• Arbuthnot, Dr., [34]
• Argyle, Duke of, [37], [53]
• Army Clothing Factory, [86]
• Ashbourne, Lord, [62]
• Ashburnham House, [33]
• Atholl, Duke of, [60], [65]
• Austro-Hungarian Embassy, [61]
• Aylesford Street, [85]

• Bach, J. C., [21]
• Baden-Powell, Lady, [68]
• Badminton Club, [61]
• Baillie, Matthew, [19], [56]
• Balcarres, Lord, [20]
• Balfe, M. W., [27]
• Balfour Place, [17]
• Bancroft, Sir S., [36]
• Baring, Thomas, [40]
• Barker, Thomas, [20]
• Barnard, Lady Anne, [36]
• Barré, Colonel, [39]
• Barrington, B., [62]
• Barrymore, Lord, [38]
• Barrymore, Earl of, [51]
• Bartlett, Sir E. Ashmead, [19]
• Bath Club, [33]
• Bath House, [50]
• Bathurst, C., [45]
• Bathurst, Earl, [37], [39]
• Bayswater, [97]
• Bayswater Road, [101]
• Beaconsfield, Earl of, [42]
• Beau Brummell, [38], [39], [41]
• Beaumont, Sir John, [13]
• Beckford, W., [13]
• Bedford, Duke of, [39], [53], [61]
• Beechey, Sir W., [26]
• Belgrave Hospital, [83]
• Belgrave Place, [65]
• Belgrave Road, [83]
• Belgrave Square, [61]
• Belgravia, [60]
• Bell, Sir Charles, [20]
• Belmore, Earl of, [53]
• Bennett, Sir W. H., [41]
• Bennett, W. J., [62]
• Berkeley, Hon. G., [49]
• Berkeley House, [49]
• Berkeley Square, [34]
• Berkeley Street, [36]
• Bernal, R., [67]
• Berry, the Misses, 14 42
• Bevan, Henry, [53]
• Blake, W., [20]
• Blessington, Lady, [41]
• Bloomfield Terrace, [76]
• Blount, Martha, [36], [42]
• Blythswood, Lord, [41]
• Bolingbroke, Viscount, [34]
• Bolton Row, [42]
• Bolton Street, [43]
• Bond Street, [27]
• Boswell, J., [27], [29], [44]
• Boundaries of Paddington, [87]
• Brampton, Lord, [39]
• Brandes, W. T., [43]
• Brassey, Lord, [12]
• Breadalbane, Marquis of, [12]
• Brick Street, [46]
• Broadbent, Sir W., [20]
• Brodie, Sir B., [56]
• Brook House, [11]
• Brook Street, [19]
• Brougham and Vaux, Lord, [36], [37], [39]
• Broughton, Dr., [66]
• Browning, Robert, [120]
• Brownlow, Earl, [61]
• Brunswick, Duchess of, [23]
• Bruton Street, [86]
• Buckingham Gate, [73]
• Buckingham Palace Gardens, [73]
• Buckingham Palace Road, [73]
• Buckinghamshire, Duchess of, [26]
• Buckinghamshire, Earl of, [53]
• Bulkeley, General, [36]
• Buller, Charles, [68]
• Bunsen, Baron, [16], [42]
• Burdett, Sir F., [49]
• Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, [49]
• Burghclere, Lord, [40]
• Burgoyne, General, [45]
• Burke, Edmund, [20]
• Burton, Lord, [15]
• Bute House, [15]
• Bute, Lord, [32]
• Byng, Admiral, [37]
• Byron, [32]
• Byron, Lady, [34]
• Byron, Lord, [28]

• Cambridge, Duke of, [50], [52]
• Cambridge House, [50]
• Cambridge Terrace, [95]
• Camden, Lord, [37]
• Camelford House, [10]
• Camelford, Lord, [29]
• Campbell, Thomas, [23], [49], [70], [71]
• Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H., [60]
• Camperdown, Earl of, [40]
• Canning, George, [27], [37]
• Canning, Lord, [13]
• Cardwell, [67]
• Carlisle, Earl of, [37], [59]
• Carlos Place, [17]
• Carnarvon, Earl of, [36]
• Carnarvon House, [10]
• Caroline, Queen, [16]
• Carrington, Earl, [19]
• Carrington Street, [45]
• Carte, Samuel, [45]
• Carter, Elizabeth, [15]
• Cary, Rev. H. F., [40], [46]
• Cathcart, Earl, [60]
• Caulfield, General, [65]
• Cavalry Club, [52]
• Chandos, Duke of, [41]
• Chantrey, Sir F., [42], [44], [74]
• Chapel Street, [64]
• Charities, Paddington, [112]-[115]
• Charlemont, Lord, [45]
• Charles Street, [39], [40]
• Charles X., [16]
• Charlotte, Princess, [10]
• Charteris, Colonel Francis, [26]
• Chatham, Earl of, [36]
• Chelsea Bun House, [75]
• Chesham Place, [64]
• Chesterfield, Earl of, [12], [15]
• Chesterfield Gardens, [41]
• Chesterfield House, [15]
• Chesterfield Street, [41]
• Chester Place, [68]
• Chester Square, [68], [78]
• Chester Street, [66]
• Chetwynd, Sir G., [18]
• Chewton, Lord, [62]
• Children's Hospital, [110]
• Cholmondeley, Marquis of, [50]
• Churches:
  • All Saints', Norfolk Square, [96]
  • Belgrave Chapel, [64]
  • Berkeley Chapel, [40]
  • St. Anselm's, [18]
  • St. Augustine's, [124]
  • St. Barnabas's, Pimlico, [76]
  • Christ Church, Down Street, [46]
  • Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, [100]
  • Eaton Chapel, [78]
  • Eccleston Square Chapel, [83]
  • Emmanuel Church, [105]
  • St. Gabriel's, [83]
  • St. George's Chapel, [31]
  • St. George's, Hanover Square, [25]
  • Greek Church, [102]
  • Grosvenor Chapel, [15]
  • Hanover Chapel, [23]
  • Holy Trinity, Bishop's Road, [102]
  • St. James's, Paddington, [98]
  • St. John's, Paddington, [95]
  • St. John the Evangelist, [82]
  • King's Weigh House Chapel, [18]
  • St. Luke's, [126]
  • St. Mark's, North Audley Street, [14]
  • St. Mary Magdalene's, [120]
  • St. Mary of the Angels, [104]
  • St. Mary's, Bourdon Street, [19]
  • St. Mary's (old parish), Paddington, [106]
  • St. Mary the Virgin, [78]
  • St. Matthew's, Petersburgh Place, [101]
  • Mayfair Chapel, [41]
  • St. Michael and All Angels, [96]
  • St. Michael's, [78]
  • Our Lady of Lourdes, [105]
  • St. Paul's, Wilton Place, [62]
  • St. Paul's, Paddington, [104]
  • St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, [104]
  • St. Peter's, Charlotte Street, [79]
  • St. Peter's, Eaton Square, [67]
  • St. Peter's, Elgin Avenue, [126]
  • St. Philip's, [74]
  • St. Saviour's, [10]
  • St. Saviour's, Pimlico, [85]
  • St. Saviour's Warwick Road, [121]
  • St. Stephen's, [104]
  • Westbourne Park Chapel 104
• Churchill, Winston, [17]
• Cibber, Colley, [36]
• Clanwilliam, Earl of, [61]
• Clarence, Duke of, [40]
• Clarendon House, [29]
• Clarendon Street, [84]
• Clarges, Sir T., [26]
• Clarges Street, [43]
• Claridge's Hotel, [19]
• Clark, Sir James, [23]
• Claverton Street, [85]
• Clieveden Place, [68]
• Clifden, Viscount, [39]
• Clonmell, Earl of, [49]
• Clyde, Lord, [36]
• Cobham, Viscount, [23]
• Cochrane, Lord, [16]
• Codrington, Sir A., [67]
• Codrington, Sir E., [67]
• Coke, Lady Mary, [17]
• Collins, [109]
• Combermere, Viscount, [61]
• Commercial Road, [76]
• Conduit Street, [26]
• Coningsby, Lord, [29]
• Conyngham, Marquis of, [53]
• Cooke, G. F., [70]
• Cooper, Sir Astley, [27]
• Cope, Sir J., [43]
• Copley, J., [26]
• Cork, Earl of, [40], [53]
• Cornwallis, Marquis, [19], [33]
• Cosway, Richard, [25], [36]
• Cottenham, Lord, [37]
• Cottesloe, Lord, [67]
• Courtenay, Rev. H., [25]
• Coventry, Lord, [28], [51]
• Cowper, Lord Chancellor, [26]
• Coxe, Archdeacon, [34]
• Cranborne, Viscount, [33]
• Craven, Earl, [99]
• Craven, Lord, [28]
• Craven Terrace, [99]
• Crewe, Earl of, [42]
• Crewe, Lord, [17], [19]
• Cumberland, Duke of, [45]
• Cunningham, Allan, [74]
• Curzon Street, [41]

• Darner, Hon. Mrs., [16]
• D'Angoulême, Duchesse, [16]
• D'Arblay, Madame, [17], [43], [50]
• Darnley, Countess of, [38]
• Dartmouth, Earl of, [40]
• Davey, Lord, [20]
• Davies Street, [18]
• Davy, Sir Humphry, [14], [19]
• Deanery Street, [39]
• Delany, Mrs., [20], [28], [43]
• Dent, Mr., [45]
• Derby, Earl of, [13], [25]
• Derby Street, [45]
• De Ros, Lord, [62]
• De Staël, Madame, [26]
• D'Este, Mdlle., [38]
• De Tabley, Lord, [38]
• Devonshire House, [48]
• Dillon, Dr., [79]
• Disraeli, Benjamin, [12]
• Dodd, Dr., [79]
• Dolgorouki, Prince, [17]
• Dorchester House, [11]
• Dover, Earl of, [33]
• Dover Street, [33]
• Douglas, Right Hon. Akers, [17]
• Downshire House, [22]
• Ducie, Lord, [61]
• Duckworth, Sir Dyce, [33]
• Dudley House, [11]
• Duels, [8]
• Duke's Hospital, [59]
• Dalkeith, Earl of, [53]
• Dumergue, Mr., [52]
• Duncan, Sir H., [65]
• Duncombe, T., [40]
• Dundas, R., [45]
• Dunraven, Earl of, [16]
• Durham, Sir P., [37]