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	St Mary le Strand Strand WC2R 1ES London (City of Westminster) United Kingdom
Denomination:	Anglican
Congregation:	St. Mary le Strand with St. Clement Danes (Diocese of London, Archdeaconry of Charing Cross, Westminster St Margaret Deanery)
Geogr. Coordinates:	51.51216° N, 0.1168° W
Reference year:	1723
Architectural style:	Baroque
Building type:	Single-nave church
Description:	Single-nave baroque church looking like a two-storey building due to its double set of columns outside and inside, but with windows only on the upper level (to reduce the disturbing traffic noise of the 18th cent. Strand)
Name derivation:	From Mary, the mother of Jesus, and its situation on a traffic island in the middle of the Strand


Noteworthy	Ionian and Corinthian column order on the outside


Noteworthy	Corinthian and composite column order on the inside Richly decorated plastered ceiling

History:

1549:	Demolition of the predecessor church
1711:	Nomination of a commission by Parliament in the “Act of the 50 New Churches”, tasked to build new churches for the rapidly growing city; one of its members is James Gibbs, who was commissioned to build St Mary le Strand, his first public building
1714:	Construction starts (architect James Gibbs)
Sep 1717:	Completion of the tower, showing the influence of Christopher Wren
1723:	Completion of the church
1724:	Consecration
1982:	Chosen as the official church of the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS), the Women’s Royal Naval Reserve and the Association of Wrens
28/10/1984:	The WRNS Book of Remembrance is transferred to the church from the Royal Naval College (Greenwich)

Important persons:

Architect:	Gibbs, James (1682–1754, one of the most influential architects of Great Britain, himself influenced by Christopher Wren)
Patron:	Mary (c. 22 BCE – c. 48 CE, mother of Jesus [featured article])

Sources

St Mary le Strand: Who We are, https://stmarylestrand.com/about-us, retrieved 17/04/2020

Wikipedia: St Mary le Strand, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary_le_Strand, retrieved 17/04/2020