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St Paul's, Onslow Square

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Country
  
United Kingdom

Churchmanship
  
Evangelical

Phone
  
+44 845 644 7533

Architect
  
James Edmeston

Denomination
  
Church of England

Deanery
  
Deanery of Chelsea

Diocese
  
Diocese of London

St Paul's, Onslow Square

Archdeaconry
  
Archdeaconry of Middlesex

Episcopal area
  
Kensington (Bishop of Kensington)

Address
  
Onslow Square, Kensington, London SW7 3NX, UK

Similar
  
Holy Trinity Brompton, St Augustine's - Queen's, Holy Trinity - Sloane St, All Saints Notting Hill, St Peter's - Notting Hill

St Paul's, Onslow Square is a Grade II listed Anglican church in Onslow Square, South Kensington, London, England. The church was built in 1860, and the architect was James Edmeston. Hanmer William Webb-Peploe (1837–1923), the evangelical clergyman, and member of the Holiness Movement, was the vicar for 43 years from 1876 to 1919.

In the late 1970s, the parish of Holy Trinity Brompton merged with the neighbouring parish of St Paul's Onslow Square. St Paul's was declared redundant. An attempt by the diocese to sell the building for private redevelopment was thwarted in the early 1980s when local residents joined with churchgoers to save the church. In the late 1980s, the Parochial Church Council requested that the redundancy be overturned which allowed curate Nicky Lee and his wife Sila to plant a congregation there as well as undertake some building structural maintenance work. At its peak in the 1990s, this congregation had grown to several hundred.

In 1997, the congregation at St Paul's divided into three, with some going with curate Stuart Lees to plant a church in Fulham; others returning to Holy Trinity with Nicky and Sila Lee; and others forming the St Paul's Anglican Fellowship and remaining based at St Paul's with John Peters. This last group left in 2002 to plant into St Mary's, Bryanston Square.

During 2007, after plans by HTB to rebuild the 1960s offices were withdrawn following difficulty in getting support from local residents, HTB decided to undertake some renovations and to resume services in the church. St Paul's launched 9 am and 6 pm services in September 2007 and followed with an 11AM service on January 20, 2008 and a 4 pm service on 28 September 2009. In December 2009 the upstairs balcony was recommissioned for worship, having previously been used for administrative offices (the office occupants having moved to HTB's nearby office building purchased in 2008).

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