- Holy Trinity Church Marylebone
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architect =John Soane
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constructed_date = 1828
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address = Marylebone Road,Marylebone ,Westminster ,London
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Marylebone ,Westminster , London is a former Anglican church, built in 1828 by SirJohn Soane . In 1818 parliament passed an act setting aside one million pounds to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon. This is one of the so-called "Waterloo church es" that were built with the money. It has an external pulpit facing onto Marylebone Road, and an entrance resembling theacropolis . There is a lantern steeple, similar toSt Pancras New Church , which is also onEuston Road to the east.By the 1930s it had fallen into disuse and in 1936 was used by the newly-founded
Penguin Books company to store books. A children's slide was used to deliver books from the street into the large crypt. In 1937 they moved out toHarmondsworth , andSPCK moved in. It was their headquarters until 2006, when they relocated to Turton Street, nearWestminster . The church is now used as offices. There are currently proposals to turn it into a shopping arcadeFact|date=April 2008. It stands on a traffic island to itself, bounded by Marylebone Road at the front, andAlbany Street and Osnaburgh Street on either side. The street at the rear has no name.
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