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Photographs by Andrew Prior and Colin Price (courtesy of The Victorian Web)
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The chancel, one of the most sumptuous and dramatic in London, occupies almost one-third of the length of the church - a reflection of the Tractarian requirement that the Sacraments be stressed above the Word. Its size, the grand and ornate reredos, the gradual enrichment of the decoration as one moves further east, the position of the windows casting shards of brilliant light (weather permitting) across the vast chamber, all aid in drawing one's attention towards this part of the church. The chancel is entered through Butterfield-designed gilt iron and brass gates (made by Potter of South Molton Street) set into a low screen of alabaster and marble. The chancel's side arches are filled with rich decorated tracery modelled in alabaster and supported on red serpentine shafts. The floor is elaborately patterned in six colours. The north wall of the sanctuary depicts the Latin doctors, with 16 boy and girl saints above them.