[3] Among the priests-in-charge of the Quebec Chapel was the theologian and hymnodist, Henry Alford, who wrote the hymn "Come, ye thankful people, come".

In May 1951 an interdenominational Christian rally was held in nearby Hyde Park to coincide with the launch of the Festival of Britain.

The poet John Betjeman was among the signatories; although he admitted to T. S. Eliot (a fellow Anglo-Catholic and a churchwarden of St Stephen's, Gloucester Road) that he found the tone of the protest "somewhat extreme", he nevertheless declared "I have nailed my colours to the mast and cannot let down my co-signatories.

"[7] Rose Macaulay, a novelist, also commented on the protest at the Annunciation, expressing dismay at opposition to the rally.

[citation needed] The interior has a rood screen with a high triumphal crucifix over an arch that is thought to have been crafted by Robert Bridgeman of Lichfield to designs by Tapper.

The lapidarium spanning the arch between the sanctuary and the Lady Chapel was designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and originally hung above the high altar of St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham.