Albion Chapel

Albion Chapel
Albion Chapel, from Metropolitan improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century by James Elmes (1827)
Map
51°31′03″N 0°05′18″W / 51.51750°N 0.08833°W / 51.51750; -0.08833
LocationCity of London
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationScottish Presbyterian
History
StatusDemolished
Founded1815
Founder(s)Reverend Alexander Fletcher
Architecture
Architect(s)William Jay
Groundbreaking7 November 1815
Demolished1879

Albion Chapel was a Scottish Presbyterian chapel in the City of London, near Finsbury Circus, on the corner of London Wall and Finsbury Pavement. It was established by Reverend Alexander Fletcher on the site of the old Bethlem Royal Hospital in 1815 and demolished in 1879. It was designed by William Jay (1792/3-1837), who later became a leading architect in the United States.