PBWA Central London
Church of Christ the King, Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London, by John Raphael Roderigues Brandon
According to Charles Eastlake in his History of the Gothic Revival (1872), this was "one of the grandest and most effective modern churches which have marked the Revival" (241). Later in the same book, in his selected examples of Gothic buildings of the period, Eastlake gave its dimensions as follows:
One of the largest and most imposing modern churches in England. It contains an area of 20,000 square ft. Its internal length is 212 ft.; width from north to south of transepts, 77 ft.; width of nave and aisles, 56 ft..... with groined chancel and presbytery, &c. When completed, the church will be extended 40 ft. westward, and the central tower and spire will be carried up 300 ft. high. [389]
Although the church was never completed and the spire was never added, it is still an enormous church, recognised as being "on a cathedral scale and in cathedral style" (Cherry and Pevsner 254).
PBWA Central London
Church of Christ the King, Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London, by John Raphael Roderigues Brandon
According to Charles Eastlake in his History of the Gothic Revival (1872), this was "one of the grandest and most effective modern churches which have marked the Revival" (241). Later in the same book, in his selected examples of Gothic buildings of the period, Eastlake gave its dimensions as follows:
One of the largest and most imposing modern churches in England. It contains an area of 20,000 square ft. Its internal length is 212 ft.; width from north to south of transepts, 77 ft.; width of nave and aisles, 56 ft..... with groined chancel and presbytery, &c. When completed, the church will be extended 40 ft. westward, and the central tower and spire will be carried up 300 ft. high. [389]
Although the church was never completed and the spire was never added, it is still an enormous church, recognised as being "on a cathedral scale and in cathedral style" (Cherry and Pevsner 254).