ALL SAINTS MARGARET STREET

Sir John Betjeman on the importance of All Saints Margaret Street

"It was here, in the 1850s, that the revolution in architecture began...It led the way,
All Saints Margaret Street, in church building."

In 1970 Sir John Betjeman, the poet, writer and enthusiastic advocate of heritage and architecture, visited All Saints Margaret Street as part of a television programme he was making about Victorian Architecture for the BBC. In the clip, which you can view by clicking the link below, he talks about William Butterfield and All Saints, one of his most beautiful and important buildings. It also includes some fine footage of the church itself.

To view the clip of Betjeman talking about All Saints Margaret Street, click here

This clip is taken from a BBC documentary series, Four with Betjeman, programme 2: Victorian Architects and Architecture, first transmitted in 1970. Lighting cameraman: Peter Sargent; camera operator: Nigel Walters; sound recordist: Bill Meekums; Film Editor: Peter West; Producer: Margaret McCall; Director: David Cheshire.