St Sarkis, Kensington
St Sarkis, Kensington | |
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St Sarkis, Kensington | |
51°29′59″N 0°11′37″W / 51.49963°N 0.19365°WCoordinates: 51°29′59″N 0°11′37″W / 51.49963°N 0.19365°W | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Armenian Apostolic Church |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Arthur Davis |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of the Armenian Church of Great Britain |
St Sarkis, Kensington is an Armenian church and a Grade II* listed building in Iverna Gardens, Kensington, London, England. It was constructed in 1922–23 by Calouste Gulbenkian as a memorial to his parents, and the architect was Arthur Davis.[1][2] The largest Armenian church in the United Kingdom—St Yeghiche, a converted Anglican church—is in South Kensington.
References
- ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Sarkis (Armenian Church), Iverna Gardens, W8 (1080556)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ↑ Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert. The London Encyclopaedia (1993 ed.). Macmillan. p. 426. ISBN 0-333-57688-8. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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