30 St Mary Axe to flight paths for both London City and London Heathrow airports; the revised plan for a lower tower was accepted. The tower's topmost panoramic dome, known as the "lens", recalls the iconic glass dome that covered part of the ground floor of the Baltic Exchange and much of which is now displayed at the National Maritime Museum. "The Gherkin" nickname was applied to the current building at least as long ago as 1999, referring to that plan's highly unorthodox layout and appearance. On 23 August 2000, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott granted planning permission to construct a building much larger
St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater 1970. St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater St Mary of the Angels is a Roman Catholic church on Moorhouse Road in Bayswater, London, England, within the City of Westminster. The parish it serves is partly in the City of Westminster and partly in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The construction of the original building began in 1851 to original designs by Thomas Meyer, and it was completed in 1857 by Henry Clutton, with additions by John Francis Bentley. The church was founded by Archbishop Henry Edward Manning in 1857. It was listed as Grade II* by English Heritage