History
It was a Church of England parish church, consecrated in 1822 as the replacement for the old St Pancras parish church
It was designed by architects William Inwood and his son Henry Inwood
It continues to be the parish church for the Church of England parish of St Pancras
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What was reforming about it?
Its architectural style was extremely controversial; it was “the earliest church in London in a pure neo-Grecian style” (Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: London Buildings North, rev. edn, ed. Bridget Cherry, 1998)
Where in Bloomsbury
It was built on the corner of Woburn Place and Euston Road, on land bought from the Southampton estate in 1818 (Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: London Buildings North, rev. edn, ed. Bridget Cherry, 1998)
Website of current institution
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Books about it
Beverley Monchar, ‘St Pancras Church — 150 Years,’ Camden Journal, vol. 7 (April 1972)
Charles Edward Lee, St Pancras Church and Parish (1955)
Charles E. Lee, ‘A Family of Architects: The Inwoods of St Pancras,’ Camden History Review, vol. 4 (1976)
Archives
Its archives up to 1950 (and including archives of the old St Pancras Church which it replaced) are held in London Metropolitan Archives, ref. P90/PAN1; further details are available online via Access to Archives (opens in new window)
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