Preserve the name Middlesex Hospital Chapel

The Issue

Middlesex Hospital Chapel, Mortimer Street, is a grade II* listed building. The developers Exemplar, Aviva and Kaupthing who are restoring it want to drop the words Middlesex and Hospital and call the building either Pearson Chapel or Pearson Hall. There is strong local and international feeling that the name Middlesex Hospital Chapel should be retained, not erased. Its name is part of its heritage status.

Update: Since we started the petition the plans to call the chapel Pearson Hall or Pearson Chapel have been dropped. But during June 2014 it emerged that a new name 'Fitzrovia Chapel' was being put forward. This name has now been adopted by the trust that is due to take over the running of the chapel.

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The Issue

Middlesex Hospital Chapel, Mortimer Street, is a grade II* listed building. The developers Exemplar, Aviva and Kaupthing who are restoring it want to drop the words Middlesex and Hospital and call the building either Pearson Chapel or Pearson Hall. There is strong local and international feeling that the name Middlesex Hospital Chapel should be retained, not erased. Its name is part of its heritage status.

Update: Since we started the petition the plans to call the chapel Pearson Hall or Pearson Chapel have been dropped. But during June 2014 it emerged that a new name 'Fitzrovia Chapel' was being put forward. This name has now been adopted by the trust that is due to take over the running of the chapel.

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The Decision Makers

Edward Turner
Edward Turner
Chairman Fitzrovia Chapel Foundation
Councillor Philippa Roe
Councillor Philippa Roe
Leader, Westminster City Council
Mark Younger
Mark Younger
Director Exemplar
Daniel Van Gelder
Daniel Van Gelder
Founding Director Exemplar

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Petition created on 3 March 2014