St Patrick's, Soho Square

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Sir Walter Besant, in The Fascination of London, published in 1903, continues his survey of Soho Square with this look at St Patrick's Church in Sutton Street:

The banqueting-hall in Sutton Street, attached to Carlisle House by a covered way, was converted into the Chapel of St. Patrick, and where masqueraders had revelled priests heard confession.

This also eventually disappeared, to make way for the present church, which is such a feature of the square; it stands at the corner of Sutton Street, and bears the name of its predecessor.

It was opened 1893, and its campanile reaches a height of 125 feet.

Within the porch is a beautiful marble group of the dead Christ, supported by an angel.

The pictures inside are exceptionally valuable and beautiful, including paintings by Vandyke, Murillo, Carlo Dolci, Paul Veronese (attributed), and many others.

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