Where the Trumpet Gives No Uncertain Sound All Souls Church, Langham Place, London, England Easter Sunday Evening, 19 April 2003

Holmes, David L., Anglican and Episcopal History

Where the Trumpet Gives No Uncertain Sound All Souls Church, Langham Place, London, England Easter Sunday Evening, 19 April 2003

All Souls, Langham Place, was designed in the early 1820s by John Nash (1752-1825) as part of an extensive plan to redevelop the Regent Park and Regent Street areas of central London. Set at an angle to the street, the church combines a rectangular nave with a circular portico. A gothic spire-narrow and conical-tops the building. Although the striking wedding cake appearance of All Souls is pleasing to the eye, critics originally derided the building's design. In a debate, one member of Parliament called the new building "a deplorable and horrible …

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Publication information: Article title: Where the Trumpet Gives No Uncertain Sound All Souls Church, Langham Place, London, England Easter Sunday Evening, 19 April 2003. Contributors: Holmes, David L. - Author. Journal title: Anglican and Episcopal History. Volume: 73. Issue: 4 Publication date: December 2004. Page number: 548+. © Historical Society of the Episcopal Church Mar 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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