St. George’s Bloomsbury (built 1716 - 31) is the sixth contribution of Baroque Architect, Nicholas Hawksmoor to the 1711 Act for Fifty New Churches.
The stone coloured interior is divided longitudinally into three portions; a central cubed space is created by shallow arched openings supported by paired Corinthian columns. The eastward facing high altar is located correctly in the ornate plaster apse. Suspended north and south galleries define the main space. The surveyed eastern section and half plan illustrates the variety of surface planes. Piers and wall surfaces form deep and shallow recesses emphasise light and shadow by the top lit clerestory.
Hawksmoor created a church which is a Barque interpretation of the Roman basilica. The classical reference is made on the south facing Portland stone portico, modelled on the Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek.
