Church of St Mary Le Strand London, England

Listed Building Data

Church of St Mary Le Strand has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1236753
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
I
Date Listed
24 February 1958
Name
CHURCH OF ST MARY LE STRAND
Location
CHURCH OF ST MARY LE STRAND, STRAND WC2
District
City of Westminster
County
Greater London Authority
Grid Reference
TQ 30775 80933
Easting
530775.0180
Northing
180933.4410

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

TQ 3080 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER STRAND, WC2 73/13 24.2.58 Church of St Mary- Le-Strand G.V. I Church. 1714-17 by James Gibbs. Portland stone. Exceptional treatment of island site, the design directly reflecting Gibbs' first hand experience of Rome as well as references to Wren at St Paul's. 7-bay sides, 3-bay west front and apsidal east end. Superimposed orders, Corinthian over Ionic, the latter developed into bowed porch (with finialed semi-dome) to west front,above which the centre bay has pairs of columns and pediment, the tower and steeple rising above in 3 diminishing stages. The "ground floor" level to sides has alternate segmental and triangular pedimented niches whilst the upper register has similar narrow end bays but Venetian window theme between,with alternate bays tabernacled with segmental and triangular pediments against balustraded parapet surmounted by urn finials. Aisleless interior with the apse framed by superimposed orders of coupled columns,and coupled columns carrying balcony over west door. Panelled walls with pilasters to upper register and coffered ceiling. Architecture in Britain 1530-1830: John Summerson. London Vol. I; N Pevsner.

Listing NGR: TQ3077980930