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St Peter's Church, Regent Square

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Regent Square was laid out after 1809, when development of the Harrison Estate, owned by the brickmaker Thomas Harrison, was passed by an Act of Parliament. The Presbyterian Church (completed in 1827) and St Peter's Church were the first buildings in the square.
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until 1868, when a separate parish was created. The building was badly damaged during World War II, and was later demolished. The parish was united in 1954 with
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Survey of London: Volume 24, the Parish of St Pancras Part 4: King's Cross Neighbourhood
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St Peter's Church stood on the east side of the square. The architects were
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Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Camden
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Photograph of the west portico and tower of St Peter's Church
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Greek Revival church buildings in the United Kingdom
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Index

Regent Square
London Borough of Camden
William Inwood
Henry William Inwood
St Pancras New Church
Greek Revival
Ionic
hexastyle portico
entablature
pediment
William Howley
William Harness
James Calkin
chapelry
Holy Cross Church, St Pancras




'The Harrison Estate', in Survey of London: Volume 24, the Parish of St Pancras Part 4: King's Cross Neighbourhood, ed. Walter H Godfrey and W McB. Marcham (London, 1952), pp. 70-79
Wroth, Warwick William
"Inwood, William" 
Lee, Sidney
Dictionary of National Biography
Boase, George Clement
"Harness, William" 
Stephen, Leslie
Lee, Sidney
Dictionary of National Biography
Squire, William Barclay

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