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New Church of St. Saviour, Warwick-Road, Paddington [in west London] - the Chancel, 1856. Interior view of church in '...the adapted Gothic style...the architect has dispensed with side-aisles, clerestory, columns, &c , and formed a hall or auditorium, with handsome open timber roof and windows, the tracery of which is Second Pointed or Decorated, slightly inclining to flamboyant...The chancel is, more correctly, according to the ancient model...The reredos, by Mr. Farmer, is of Caen stone, richly carved, having columns of serpentine marble...The pulpit is a handsome piece of work, richly carved in oak...Great credit is due to the architect, Mr. Thomas Little, of Northumberland-street for the manner in which he has succeeded in uniting pleasing forms and correct details with what is really useful in a parish church, capable of containing 1760 persons'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.