St Peter's Italian Church
A piece of Italy in London. The church is of a scale and significance belied by its modest contribution to the townscape; hemmed in by other buildings, only the (later) narrow entrance front and loggia are visible. The design was conceived in the early 1850s, soon after the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy, when sensitivities about the ‘papal aggression' were still high. It was modelled on the basilica of San Crisogono in Trastevere. Built in 1862-63, it was still the largest Catholic church hitherto in Great Britain.
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