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The present St Mary's, the third on this site, was built in 1791 by John Plaw, at the junction of the (english) Harrow Road and the (roman) Edgware Road.

The existing church of Saint Mary, Paddington Green was built under an Act of 1788, which authorised national collections and appointed 45 trustees, headed by Sir John Morshead and Robert Thistlethwayte. A small building of yellow brick with white stone dressings, its floor plan is that of a Greek cross, whose square centre lies beneath a shallow dome carried by four columns and whose four short arms have low segmental vaults.

The eastern arm forms a chancel, with a venetian window, and the other arms hold sections of a three-sided gallery. The south front forms the main façade, whose pedimented Tuscan portico is grander than the semicircular entrance porch to the west. A small clock tower and cupola surmount the dome. The church was begun in 1788 and consecrated in 1791, when it was widely admired. It is notable as Plaw's only surviving building, apart from a house on Belle Isle (Westmld.).

Source: parishoflittlevenice.com 2011