Google Street View of St
Saviour
Location: St Saviour, City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
St Saviour:
 |
| St Saviour |
As a Christian community we believe in a God who is ever creative, loving and who longs to see us flourish. At Saint Saviour Pimlico we are seeking to nurture and grow this understanding of God.
Having reflected on the great variety of gifts and experiences we bring to this community, and asking ourselves what Jesus would do in this setting here today, we have agreed that God is calling us to live, pray and think as mature followers, fully engaged with modern life.
Our Mission Action Plan has been written to help everyone in the parish share in our vision for 2013, working together for the common good.
The document was endorsed by the PCC in January and contains specific goals under three sections looking at different areas of church life.
History of St Saviour:
St Saviour's Church was consecrated on 16 July 1864. The executors of the legendary master builder, Sir Thomas Cubitt, donated the land and the Duke of Westminster funded much of the building work. Thomas Cundy Jnr, son of the great architect and builder of Pimlico designed the Church.
The Church is in the Decorated Gothic style, built from Ragstone with Bathstone dressings. It has a Nave of six bays and a Tower to the northwest. The Spire was the tallest in London in the 1860s and remains a landmark visible from much of Pimlico today. In the 1880s the rather plain interior was extensively remodelled and refurbished; a process called 'The Beautifying'. The Galleries were taken down and the Chancel embellished with new arcading, steps and a reredos. In 1913-14 a north Vestry was added.
St Saviour's, Pimlico sustained some war damage; later repaired, and in the fifities a brick Church Hall was added to the south side. In the nineties, extensive cleaning of the exterior was carried out and new bells installed in the Tower. In 2007 as a result of generous donations and a Heritage Lottery Fund grant we refurbished the north Vestry to become the Pimlico Room, remodelled the Sacristy and added modern accessibility features and toilet facilities. During the work we discovered the full extent of the decorative panels of the Chancel ceiling.
Wikipedia >>
