2-888-721 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

St. Barnabas Church and College, Pimlico, 1850. 'On Tuesday, one of the most remarkable Churches lately erected in the metropolis was consecrated by the Bishop of London...The buildings are constructed of Kentish rag-stone, both externally and internally, having dressings and spire of Caen stone. The roofs of the Church, chancel, sacristy, and choir vestry are of oak...The style of the architecture is the first pointed (early English).... The builders employed were Messrs. Higgs and Son, the architects, Messrs. Cundy'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.