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The Church of St Stephen and St Thomas is an Anglican church in Shepherd's Bush, London. It is a so-called "Commissioners' church"; a Church of England church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Act of 1818. It was built circa 1849–50, designed by architect Anthony Salvin in the Gothic Revival style with a tower. The church is on the south side of Uxbridge Road on the corner of Coverdale Road, to the west of Shepherd's Bush tube station. ==History== The Church of St Stephen and St Thomas was built circa 1849–50, designed by architect Anthony Salvin, and built in the Gothic Revival style with a tower.〔(Melanie Barber, Gabriel Sewell & Stephen Taylor, p.401, ''From the Reformation to the Permissive Society: a Miscellany'', Lambeth palace Library ) Retrieved January 2012〕 On completion, the periodical ''The Ecclesiologist'', which was strongly in favour of the Gothic Revival movement, commented that the new church: :"has a peculiar value, as indicating how far our diocesan is willing to take the peculiar responsibility of those various features of the arrangements and decoration, which from desuetude had become to a great extent novelties in England when we first advocated their revival".〔 St Stephen's was built of Kentish Ragstone with Bath stone dressings. It had a "very well developed chancel". The stained glass windows were manufactured by William Wailes and were donated by members of the clergy and other well-wishers.〔 St Stephen's was built as a so-called "Commissioners' church"; an Anglican church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Act 1818, and subsequent related Acts. Such churches have been given a number of titles, including "Commissioners' Churches", "Waterloo Churches" and "Million Act Churches". In some cases the Commissioners provided the full cost of the new church; in other cases they provided a grant and the balance was raised locally. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Stephen's Church, Shepherd's Bush」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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