After Peter I's trip to England in 1698, the flow of British subjects invited by the Tsar to Russia sharply increased. IN early XVIII V. the English formed their own congregation, and in 1723 the English Factory moved to St. Petersburg. At this time, an Anglican church appeared on Galernaya Street, with about 300 parishioners. The three-story stone house on the site of house number 56 on the Promenade des Anglais was built between 1735-1738. and belonged to Prince Pyotr Borisovich Sheremetev. In 1747, through the English Consul General Baron Jacob Wolfe, the Factory informed the London Russian Campaign of its desire to build a new chapel and chaplain's house. Empress Elizabeth assisted in the search for the site, and in 1753, the English resident minister and banker Baron Wulf announced the acquisition of Prince Sheremetev's house. After the necessary alterations to the building, the church was opened in March 1754. A spacious prayer hall, decorated in Italian style, was located on the second floor of the house. Even then it was double-height, with two rows of windows, so from the front façade the building looked three-story. In front of a carved mahogany altar surrounded by railings stood four columns, a pulpit and an ornately carved wooden staircase leading to it. On the eastern (altar) wall of the nave hung marble slabs: in the center - the tablets of the Mosaic Commandments, on the left - the Lord's Prayer "Our Father", on the right - the Creed. Opposite the pulpit there were seats for the English envoy with his retinue... By 1790, the building on the English Embankment was already recorded as the English Church. By the 1810s size of the Anglican Communion Northern capital increased significantly, and the need arose to reconstruct the church building. In 1814, according to plans drawn up by Giacomo Quarenghi, work began on rebuilding the building. Thanks to the drawings and engravings preserved in Italy, made from Quarenghi's drawings and published after the death of the architect by his son, one can judge the author's original plan. Using the building of the English Chapel, which faced the Neva River embankment and two small wings on Galernaya Street, the architect connected them with service buildings of different sizes located along the perimeter of the courtyard, and created a single magnificent complex of buildings from the English Embankment to Galernaya Street. The façade of the building, facing the Neva, was designed in the usual manner for that time. The central risalit had a portico with 4 columns and 2 pilasters of the Corinthian order. The risalit ended with a smooth triangular pediment with three sculptural figures in the corners: “Faith”, “Hope”, “Mercy”. The central axis of the building was emphasized by a semi-circular window in the basement and two figures of sphinxes on pedestals on the sides of this window. In 1824, the author of a pamphlet about the English Factory in Russia wrote: “...The Factory expanded the church, the chaplain's residence, the library and other services and furnished it in a manner that reflects the honor of the English nation.” The chaplain's apartment was on the ground floor of the building, directly below the church hall. The walls of the church hall were decorated with pilasters and columns of the Corinthian order. There was an altar on the east. The painting "The Crucifixion" was framed by a stucco portal with archangels at the top. A semicircular sole with marble steps was placed between two columns. To the south and north of the "Crucifixion" in the walls there were fireplace stoves with figures of saints above them. In the center of the longitudinal northern wall there was a richly decorated wooden carved pulpit, opposite it in the southern wall was the seat of the English Ambassador with a canopy and the British royal coat of arms. In 1860, academician of architecture Alexander Khristoforovich Pel built on the side wings of the second floor, and also made the main entrance to the church building from the embankment. A new decoration of the altar was a specially made copy of Peter Paul Rubens’s large-scale painting “The Descent from the Cross” (from the original, now in State Hermitage). In connection with the upcoming anniversary of Queen Victoria, who was the head of the Anglican Church, in 1876 the English community invited civil engineer Fyodor Karlovich Boltenhagen for the next reconstruction of the temple. Work under his leadership was carried out in 1877-1878. In general, he preserved Quarenghi’s plan, but removed the windows of the third tier from the main facade, accordingly increasing the height of the windows of the second and rusticating its facade, so that from the outside the building began to look not three-, but two-story. The new design of the church hall - in the spirit of the Victorian era - is unusual for Christian churches. The pilasters and columns were painted with stylized flowers, leaves and fruits: lilies, laurel, pomegranate, apple tree, rose hip, olive, oak. The pilasters closest to the altar were decorated with grapevines, and the columns with ears of wheat. During the same period, the temple was given two stained glass windows from the 1880s with images of the patrons of England - St. George and St. Elizabeth. To install them, window openings were made in the south wall of the nave. Together with them, 13 more stained glass windows decorated the windows of the northern and southern walls. They were made by the firm of Heaton, Butler and Bayne, where church orders were carried out by stained glass artist Robert Bayne. He is probably the author of these monumental compositions. This is the only example of English stained glass art in Russia from the late 19th century. In 1877, by order of the English colony, an organ was built by the English company Brindley and Foster. The company was opened in 1854 in Sheffield due to the increased need for organ building for large quantity churches under construction. By literary sources It is known that 4 organs were made for Russia, but the only one preserved in the Anglican Church in St. Petersburg. On the organ's playing panel is an inscription with the names of donors John Gellibrand Hubbard and William Edgetron Hubbard. The body of the organ is made of oak, in accordance with the traditions of English organ building, and pipes decorated with painting (oil, gilding) are installed in the avenue. The gaming console is designed in the form of a cabinet at the bottom of the avenue; The upper part of the console is closed by two sliding wooden glazed doors. The white keys are covered with bone, the black keys are made of wood. In the 1970s the instrument was badly damaged: about 40 percent of the pipes were lost, the abstracts of the mechanical structure were broken, and the air channels were broken. Finally, at the end of the 19th century, the temple was decorated with mosaic panels made using Roman techniques. They were created in 1894-1896. in the workshop of academician P. P. Chistyakov at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts at the expense of parishioners. The church was supported by benefits from the London Russian Campaign and donations from parishioners and was under the patronage of the English Embassy. In 1914, the building was renovated. In 1919 the temple was closed. In the 1920-1930s. the building with all its property (including the extensive library of the Anglican Church community) was under the jurisdiction of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the USSR in Leningrad. In 1939, the building was transferred to the Presidium of the Leningrad City Council. In 1941, the wooden fence of the pulpit, the mountings in the floor of wooden benches for parishioners, and the bronze chandelier from the staircase were dismantled from the church hall. During the Great Patriotic War 4 artillery shells hit the building. In the middle of the twentieth century. a complex of works was carried out: repair of the facade along the Promenade des Anglais, repair of the carriage sheds in the courtyard, restoration of stained glass windows, chandeliers, a picturesque ceiling, paintings, oak doors, the Grand Staircase in the main building, central heating was installed. The inlaid parquet floors were covered with new parquet floors. In 1970-1999 the City Tour Bureau was located here, and the church hall of the temple was used as an assembly hall. In the late 1970s, the crumbling statues from the pediment were removed. Even earlier (in the 1930s-1960s), statues of sphinxes disappeared from the pedestals at the front facade of the church. Since the early 1990s. The administration of the City Excursion Bureau, having moved to the courtyard wing, began renting out the church hall and the adjacent premises on the second floor. One of the tenants set up a closed “shopping point” here for foreign tourist groups. The church had tall glass display cases with jewelry and souvenirs. Tour guides brought groups of foreigners here from cruise ships. There is a cafeteria in the room next to the prayer hall. Unauthorized work was carried out to open the ceilings between the first and second floors of the right courtyard wing. In the 1990s, under the KGIOP program, the restoration of seven stained glass windows in the Church Hall was carried out... Since 2001, the building has been under the operational management of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. In connection with the violation of the terms of the protective obligation, KGIOP filed claims to collect a fine and force the user to carry out the prescribed work to preserve the object, but the claim was denied. In 2016 the object cultural heritage of federal significance "Anglican Church of Jesus Christ" at 56 Angliyskaya Embankment was transferred to the operational management of the St. Petersburg State Theater"Music Hall" in order to create a new open cultural space- Concert Hall on the Promenade des Anglais. It is planned that the new concert hall will perform symphony orchestra Music Hall Theater "Northern Symphony" under the direction of maestro Fabio Mastrangelo, Chamber Choir under the direction of Honored Artist of Russia V. S. Kopylova-Panchenko, as well as others musical groups cities and countries... His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent, during a visit to the Anglican Church building on March 26, 2017, in a private conversation, expressed support for the decision to transfer the building to the theater for the creation concert hall. As noted, during a meeting with representatives of the Anglican faith in St. Petersburg, organized by the British Consul General in St. Petersburg Keith Allan, the management of the Music Hall Theater expressed its readiness to hold festive services in the hall. “This will be a gift to the small Anglican community in St. Petersburg - the opportunity to hold services in a building restored at the expense of the city,” noted Sergei Makarov (chairman of the KGIOP). (KGIOP website kgiop.gov.spb.ru
Second address: Angliyskaya embankment, 56
The building of the former Anglican Church of Jesus Christ. The building has 3 apartments; a decision was made to resettle them in the manner of “renovation”.
Back in the 16th century, the British (the first Europeans) established regular trade relations with Russia, founding the English Trading Company for this purpose. The Russian authorities did not make any restrictions on their faith. In June 1723, the trading post of this company moved from Moscow to the new capital, where the British had a monopoly in foreign trade for almost a century - especially during the reign of Catherine II.
Together with the trading post, most of the merchants moved to St. Petersburg, forming the core of a small and closed colony, numbering 1,500 people at the end of the 18th century. At first, the British prayed in the chapel in the house of the merchant Nettleton on Galernaya Street, then in the Lutheran church in the courtyard of Vice Admiral K. Cruys, where they had their own pastor since 1719. In 1723, together with pastor Thomas Confett, who moved from Moscow, they formed their own community, renting the house of the late Field Marshal Count B.P. Sheremetev on the Lower (English) Embankment of the Neva. In 1753 this building became the property of the English consul and the trading company's trading post. The inside of the three-story house was decorated in “Italian style.”
The church in this house was located on the second floor, in a two-story hall with seven windows along the facade. The first service there took place on March 6, 1754. The carved mahogany altar was decorated with a copy of P. Rubens’ painting “The Descent from the Cross.” In front of the altar there were four columns and a pulpit. A separate place was reserved next to the pulpit for the English ambassador and his family. There was an organ in the hall. By the beginning of the 19th century, the parish consisted of 2,700 people.
In 1814, D. Quarenghi began rebuilding the old mansion in the Empire style, using his own design, drawn up in 1783. This was one of the latest works architect The center of the front facade was highlighted by a risalit, decorated with Corinthian half-columns and topped with a triangular pediment with allegorical statues of Faith, Hope and Love. The first floor was occupied by the pastor's premises, and the second floor was occupied by a double-height hall with choirs. The architect decorated the hall with columns and pilasters of the Corinthian order, covered with artificial marble. The interior was illuminated by four gilded bronze chandeliers. The organ was reconstructed by master G. L. Friedrich. On December 5, 1815, the first service took place in the renovated church.
Academician A. X. Pel re-decorated the church hall in 1860. In 1876–1878 civil. Eng. F. K. Boltenhagen, having partially changed the design of the facade, installed second-light windows in the hall and increased the height of the first-light windows. An organ made in 1877 by Brindley and Hoster was installed in a niche in the wall. The windows were decorated with multicolor stained glass windows depicting saints, made in England by Heaton. The church acquired particular splendor in late XIX century, when, at the expense of wealthy parishioners (their names are indicated on the boards), the altar was decorated with mosaic panels “Christ Pantocrator,” “Annunciation,” and “Nativity,” also the work of English masters.
In 1898, the British asked for space to build another church, although their colony by this time had decreased to 2,000 people. Since 1901, the parish had a small women's almshouse on the 8th line of Vasilyevsky Island.
The parishioners were buried in the Anglican department of the Smolensk and Mitrofanyevskoe cemeteries.
The last pastor of the embassy church on the waterfront was Bousfield Lombard.
Due to the departure of most of the British, the church was closed in 1919 and its archives were taken to London. By resolution of the Presidium of the Leningrad City Council of April 17, 1939, the temple building was transferred to the Public Library, and for a long time the City Travel and Excursion Bureau was located there.
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The building was built in the 1730s.
The Anglican Church of Jesus Christ was organized in 1723 by members of the English community in the rented house of the Sheremetevs. In 1753 the building was purchased by the British consul.
In 1814-1815 The building was rebuilt according to the project of architect. G. Quarenghi in the style of strict classicism.
The main façade with rusticated walls was designed by Quarenghi in his characteristic manner: the center of the façade is highlighted by a risalit treated with six half-columns and pilasters. The risalit was topped with a triangular pediment with three statues of saints.
In 1877-1878 The façade decoration has been changed - arch. F. K. Boltenhagen.
In 1919 the church was closed.
The first floor was occupied by the pastor's quarters. The church was located on the second floor, in a two-story hall with seven windows along the facade. The carved mahogany altar was decorated with a copy of P. Rubens’ painting “The Descent from the Cross.”
The bright prayer hall is decorated with columns and pilasters of the Corinthian order, the walls are covered with artificial marble.
In 1860 the hall was redecorated - architect. A. Kh. Pel.
At the end of the 19th century. The interior of the church is decorated with stained glass windows.
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Archival materials about her were taken to London after the revolution, and domestic historians have not yet seen them. I would really like to learn more about the construction and existence of this wonderful monument of sacred architecture in our city.
After the war, the city excursion bureau was located here for almost half a century. The Anglican Communion owned it for more than a century and a half. And the first owner of the plot was Lieutenant Ivan Petrovich Sheremetev (? - 1735) from a famous and ancient family. This was the son of Pyotr Petrovich, the younger brother of the famous Field Marshal Boris Petrovich, who returned our region to Russia. In 1717, Ivan Petrovich bought half of the plot “from the clerk of the Admiralty Provisions Commission, Fedot Tavleev, and the other, from whom it was purchased, is not written.” Two years later, Sheremetev reported: “there is nothing to build mud roofs with, the hollow water carried away the forest.” These chambers were probably built in the 1720s, but stone chambers were not built due to early death owner.
Since the captain-commander had no children, his property was inherited first by his cousin, Pyotr Borisovich Sheremetev, and then by Anna Yakovlevna Sheremeteva (1682 - 1746), née Princess Dolgorukova. She was the widow of Alexei Petrovich Sheremetev, the brother of the first owner of this site, and already had a residential building nearby on the embankment. Apparently, it was under Pyotr Borisovich, the son and owner of all the wealth of the field marshal, that it happened between 1735 - 1738. A stone building, similar to a palazzo, was erected on the basements. It had three floors, topped with an attic with a coat of arms. They entered the house along a high gangway located in the center.
Seven years after the death of Anna Yakovlevna, her sons Peter and Sergei Alekseevich sold it for 3,500 rubles. inherited house to Baron Jacob (Jacob) von Wolf (1698 - 1759) - the English resident minister and wealthy banker, who had previously lived in it with his companion Matthew Schiffner. The Schiffner and Wolf company flourished thanks to good connections with the court. By the way, she exported rhubarb by the pounds - the best laxative at that time.
When the baron died, his nephew and heir, also Yakov, resold the mansion in April 1761 for only 500 rubles. two Englishmen: consul Robert Nettleton and Hugh Atkins, a member of the British trading post, which was also in charge of the church affairs of the English colony. The ridiculous sale price is explained by the fact that the building was already hosting services for the Anglican Communion. From now on, for a century and a half, it became a church house, where most of the Englishmen who lived in or visited St. Petersburg visited.
After the interior was remodeled, on March 6, 1754, Chaplain Daniel Dumaresq held the first service in a large double-height hall. Dumaresq knew Russian, communicated with the historian G. F. Miller and M. V. Lomonosov, contributed greatly to Russian-English scientific exchange and was elected an honorary member St. Petersburg Academy Sci. The two subsequent chaplains, John King and William Tooke, were also capable scientists and, during their long service in the 18th century, made a great contribution to introducing England to Russia, not only politically, but also culturally. In particular, King wrote and published an extensive work, “Rites and Ceremonies of the Greek Church in Russia,” which was long considered fundamental in his homeland. Famous capital Englishmen were married in the church: in 1794, the factory owner Charles Bird, in 1795, the architect William Geste, in 1797, the engineer Charles Gascoigne.
The English colony grew (in early XIX century numbered 2,700 people), and the Baroque building no longer corresponded to its social role. The reconstruction project was entrusted to the famous G. Quarenghi, who chose his typical classicist scheme: the center of the building is decorated with a portico of six adjacent columns of the composite order. It is placed on a projecting ground floor and is completed by a triangular pediment with three allegorical statues. In the interior, the architect used Corinthian columns and pilasters covered with artificial marble. The reconstruction, which affected the entire site, took place in 1814 - 1816.
After 60 years, the parishioners decided to update the interior decoration, for which, on the instructions of the architect F. K. Boltenhagen, the upper windows were blocked, and in the lower ones, colored stained glass windows with figures of the apostles, brought from England, appeared. Some of the walls were decorated with ornamental paintings; paintings filled the ceiling. Eclecticism has replaced the Empire style. Later, the Art Nouveau style contributed in the form of mosaic panels on evangelical themes.
The temple always remained the center of spiritual and public life metropolitan Englishmen, although their numbers were slowly declining. A rich library worked under him, kindergarten, a small almshouse and charitable society. The British, as always, kept themselves apart and did not linger idle in St. Petersburg. When they came to work, they sometimes stayed in a church house, judging by this announcement: “One young Englishman wants to be accepted into any house for teaching children English language..." (SPb Gazette. 1810. No. 71). Similar advertisements were printed throughout the 19th century by gardeners, managers, doctors, majordomos, governesses, accountants and other in-demand immigrants from Britain.
In 1919 the church was closed, most of the parishioners repatriated. The premises were given to the Public Library, and after the war the City Tour Bureau settled there for a long time. In 2003, the former church was transferred to the Conservatory, which planned to open an organ hall in it. The damaged organ and the surviving interiors were subject to restoration, but it had not even begun yet. The empty building cannot be returned to local Anglicans - there are no more than a hundred of them in the city, mostly foreigners. They now pray in a Swedish church, cared for by visiting chaplains. Not only to restore, but even to maintain a huge building, the tiny and poor community is not able to.
When foreign ships come to St. Petersburg, the deck of which is open to the public, for example, during a sailing regatta, it is usually deserted Promenade des Anglais filled with people. No, no, but visitors’ eyes fall on the small chapel at the very end of the embankment, already behind the fence "Admiralty Shipyards".
Few people know the history of its appearance. This Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker erected in memory of the temple that stood here from 1909 to 1932, and its maintenance.
Church of Christ the Savior in memory of the Battle of Gethsemane and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (“Savior on the Waters”) was erected in memory of Russian sailors. On the walls of the temple, the dead Russian sailors for the entire existence of the Russian fleet were named.
The initiative to create such a church came from Captain Ignatius, even before the completion of construction of the deceased in Battle of Tsushima. Thus, his name ended up on the walls "Spasa-na-Vody" along with other names of the participants in the battle, of which there were more than 5,000.
This was the last decisive naval battle Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905, during which the Russian squadron was completely defeated. Most ships were sunk or heroically sunk by the crews of their ships, only four managed to reach Russian ports.
Funds for the construction of the temple were collected throughout the country and ordinary people, and titled persons. In the appeal calling for donations, the temple was compared to a farewell handful of earth, to a “mass grave.”
The prototype for the temple being created was Church of the Intercession on the Nerl- an architectural monument of Vladimir-Suzdal Rus'. When designing, the architect adhered to the proportions of the Church of the Intercession, only increasing the main dimensions by 1.5 times.
The creation plan was entrusted MM. Peretyatkovich. Construction began in March 1910, and on September 14 the cross was raised and consecrated. Mosaic works were carried out according to drawings N.A. Bruni And V.M. Vasnetsova.
Neither the stone nor the cross will tell where they lay
For the glory of the Russian flag,
Only the waves of the sea will glorify forever
Heroic death of the “Varyag”!
Feat of the crew cruiser "Varyag", which entered into an unequal battle with an entire squadron of the Japanese fleet, delighted even the enemy - after the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese government created a museum in Seoul in memory of the heroes of the Varyag and awarded its commander Vsevolod Rudneva Order of the Rising Sun.
In Russia, the symbolic “mass grave” is a temple "Spas-on-Vody" was blown up in 1932, under the pretext of expanding the territory of the Admiralty Shipyards.
There is a legend that the entire coast Novo-Admiralteysky Canal And Neva was strewn with broken smalt, people came here to take the “sacred pebble” for themselves. But the miracle was that the mosaic panels were not damaged by the explosion. Previously considered lost, they were discovered in the storerooms of the Russian Museum in 1995.
In the same year the architect YES. Butyrin prepared a project for the restoration of the temple and the construction of a chapel. In 2003, the chapel was consecrated and church and naval relics, which were kept in the families of descendants of Russian naval officers, were donated.
Currently, memorial services for dead sailors are regularly held in the chapel.
The temple was created with public donations as a monument to sailors who died in the Russo-Japanese War. The fundraising committee was headed by the Greek Queen Olga Konstantinovna, and the construction committee was headed by her brother, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov (better known as "K.R.").
302,888 rubles were collected for construction. 73 kopecks (surprisingly, during construction they met the estimate and even saved a little - construction cost 277,723 rubles 19 kopecks). On the initiative of Admiral I.K. Grigorovich (he soon became Minister of the Navy), the place for the temple was chosen on the territory of the Novo-Admiralty Plant. 
The author of the project was the architect M. M. Peretyatkovich, who chose the Dmitrovsky Cathedral and the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl as prototypes. The walls of the temple were decorated with carvings, the author of which was the sculptor B. M. Mikeshin. S. N. Smirnov became the chief civil engineer. It is curious that A. G. Dzhorogov, known for his participation in , with his project of a crematorium in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, as well as .
There were two temples in the building - upper and lower. The lower temple was decorated with frescoes (author - M. M. Adamovich) 
Mosaics were used to decorate the upper temple. In the altar part there was a mosaic based on the sketches of N. A. Bruni (made in Germany at the Puhl and Wagner factory), depicting Christ walking on the waters. 
Three more mosaics were made according to the sketches of V. M. Vasnetsov by his daughter, T. V. Vasnetsova. Two of them, “Praying for the Cup” and “Carrying the Cross,” decorated the columns of the temple. 
Another one, “The Savior Not Made by Hands,” was located above the belfry gate. 
On May 15, 1910, on the anniversary of the Battle of Tsushima, the foundation stone ceremony for the temple took place. And on July 31, 1911, the temple was consecrated. 
Inside the temple there were memorial plaques with the names of all the fallen sailors (there were about 12 thousand in total). 
Unfortunately, in 1932 the temple was blown up, the clergy, as well as many members of the “twenty” were repressed. 
In 1990, the executive committee of the Oktyabrsky District Council of Leningrad registered the charter of the Church Restoration Fund. People's donations were collected, for which the chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was built on the site of the destroyed temple in 2000-2003. 
The author of its project is architect D. A. Butyrin 
In the pavilion near the temple you can now see preserved mosaics (they were kept in the Russian Museum). 
P.S. On Saturday, September 28there will be an excursion"Vyborg side".
Among other things we will see:
Sampsonievsky Cathedral - a mansion, a people's house, apartment building and the Nobel residential colony - Baburinsky and Bateninsky residential areas - factory-kitchen of the Vyborg district - residential town of the Polytechnic Institute - house of specialists on Lesnoy Prospekt - school on Kantemirovskaya Street - industrial buildings built by leading Art Nouveau architects K. Schmidt, N. Vasilyev, V. Kosyakov .
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The Anglican Church of Jesus Christ was built during 1811 - 1815 by the architect Giacomo Quarenghi. It was open to the public from 1815 until 1919.
The church was closed in 1939. The city tour desk is now located in this building. The decoration of the prayer hall is partially preserved and the hall is used as an assembly hall.
Outside the strict classicism of Giacomo Quarenghi, but inside as a modern style.
Archival materials about this after the revolution were taken to London, and their internal historians have not yet been seen. And I would really like to know more about the construction and existence of this wonderful monument of sacred architecture in our city.
After the war, he was on a tour of the city for almost half a century byuro.Anglikanskaya was the municipal property of it for more than half a century. And the first owner of the site was fleet lieutenant Ivan Sheremet (-? 1735) famous and ancient family. It was the son of Pyotr Petrovich, the younger brother of the famous Field Marshal Boris Petrovich, to return our region to Russia. In 1717, Ivan Petrovich bought half of the land "in the Admiralty procurement clerk-Fedot Tavleeva commission, and the other who purchased is not written." Two years later, Sheremet wrote: “there is nothing to build Mazankova Polat, the forest has been carried away.” These chambers were probably built in the 1720s, but the stone was not reached due to the early death of the owner.
As a commander, the captain had no children, his cousin inherited possession - Peter B. Sheremet, and then Anna Yuryevna Sheremeteva (1682 - 1746), born Princess Dolgoruky. She was the widow of Alexei Petrovich Sheremetev, the brother of the first owner of the site, and was already close to the house on the embankment. Apparently, this was under Peter Borisovich, the son and owner of the wealth of the field marshal, and this was between 1735 - 1738 years. erected on the stone basement of the building, like a palace. It had three floors, topped by an attic with a coat of arms. The house has a high gangway, which is located in the center.
Seven years after Anna Jakovlevny's death, her sons Peter and Sergei were sold for 3,500 rubles. The house was inherited by Baron Jacob (Jacob) von Wolff (1698 - 1759), a British resident minister and wealthy banker who had previously lived in it with his companion Matthew Schiffner. Schiffner & Wolk thrives because good relations with the court. By the way, she exported pounds of rhubarb - the best laxative at that time.
When the baron died, his nephew and heir, James, also sold the house in April 1761 for only 500 rubles. two Englishmen: consul Robert Netletonu and Hugh Atkins, a member of the British trading post who was responsible for the affairs of the church and the English colony. The sale price is ridiculous due to the fact that the building is used for worship by the Anglican Church. From now on, for half a century it was the home of the church, visited by most Englishmen who lived in or visited St. Petersburg.
After the interior was remodeled, March 6, 1754 big hall Chaplain Daniel Dumaresq held the first service with two rows of windows. Dumaresq knew Russian, spoke with the historian G. F. Miller and M. V. Lomonosov, encouraged a lot of Russian-English scientific exchange, and was elected an honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Two subsequent chaplains, John King and William Tooke, were also able scholars and during his many years of service in the 18th century made a great contribution to the introduction of England with Russia, not only politically, but also culturally. In particular, the king wrote and published an extensive work, "The Rites and Ceremonies of the Greek Church in Russia", which has long been considered a staple in his homeland. In the church, she married a famous British capital: in 1794, the factory owner Charles Bird, in 1795, the architect William Geste, in 1797, the engineer Charles Gascoigne.
The English colony has not grown (at the beginning of the 19th century it consisted of 2,700 people), and the Baroque building no longer corresponds to its role in society. The reconstruction project was commissioned by the famous Quarenghi, who chose for himself a typical classical scheme: in the center of the building is decorated with a portico of six adjacent columns of the composite order. He put on a protruding ground floor and finished with a triangular pediment with three allegorical statues. The architect used Corinthian columns and pilasters covered with artificial marble for the interior. Restructuring, which affected the entire area, was carried out in 1814 - 1816.
After 60 years, the parishioners decided to renovate the interior, which, on the instructions of the architect FC Boltenagena, had roof windows installed, and appeared in the lower, imported from England, stained glass windows with figures of the apostles. Part of the wall was decorated with ornamental paintings, a painting filled with a bowl. Eclecticism pressed Empire. Later, Art Nouveau contribution in the form of mosaics on Gospel themes.
The temple has always remained the center of the spiritual and social life of the British capital, although their number is gradually declining. A rich library, a kindergarten, a small hospice and charity worked with him. The British, as always, are kept apart and in St. Petersburg are not left idle. To work, sometimes they stayed in a church house, in accordance with the following announcement: “A young man who wants to accept from the English what may be a house for teaching children English...” (“St. Petersburg Gazette” 1810. . No. 71). Similar advertisements printed throughout the 19th century demanded gardeners, managers, doctors, butlers, governesses, accountants and other immigrants from Britain.
In 1919, the temple was closed, most of the parishioners were repatriated. The premises were given Public library, and after the war they settled permanently at the City excursion bureau. In 2003, the former church gave to the conservatory, which was born in Her open hall organs. The damaged organ and keep the internal restoration of this topic, but it still hasn’t even started. The vacant building cannot be returned and the local Anglicans - there are no more than a hundred, mostly foreigners. They are praying now in the Swedish church, borne by the visiting chaplains. Not only can I restore, but I can’t even maintain a huge building in a tiny and poor community. It looks like it will last a long time, if not forever. It turns out, goodbye, Anglicans!
Where: St. Petersburg, English Embankment (English Embankment), 56
Coordinates: 59°55"55"N 30°17"13"E
