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Church of the Transfiguration, known as “The Little Church Around The Corner,” was built between 1849 and 1861 in the Gothic Revival style of English county parishes. Its entrance gate, known as a Lych gate, was designed in 1896 by architect Frederick Withers. Also known as the “Actors’ Church,” it received its popular name in 1870 from actor Joseph Jeffries because of its traditional hospitality to theater people who were often not welcome in many other religious institutions. Among the actors who worshipped here were Edwin Booth and Sarah Bernhardt.
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