St Peter, Vere Street, known until 1832 as the Oxford Chapel after its founder Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, is a former Anglican church off Oxford Street, London. It has sometimes been referred to as the Marybone Chapel or Marylebone Chapel.
St Peter, Vere Street
St Peter, Vere Street from Chapel Place
Plate 2 of William Hogarth's Industry and Idleness, showing the interior of the chapel
James Gibbs was one of Britain's most influential architects. Born in Aberdeen, he trained as an architect in Rome, and practised mainly in England. He is an important figure whose work spanned the transition between English Baroque architecture and Georgian architecture heavily influenced by Andrea Palladio. Among his most important works are St Martin-in-the-Fields, the cylindrical, domed Radcliffe Camera at Oxford University, and the Senate House at Cambridge University.
James Gibbs, with a ghostly view of his Radcliffe Camera, ca 1750 by Andrea Soldi
A Gibbs surround on a side door at Gibbs' Wimpole Hall, the name demonstrating the popularity of his books.
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, is the prototype of many New England churches.
Gibb's memorial, St Marylebone Parish Church
