London’s historical churches
I find walking around the City of London utterly fascinating. In some ways it is very modern with its soaring skyscrapers, but also, scattered within it, are incredible historic fragments and architectural wonders from different eras. The City is not just about what is physically there though, but also what has been lost. Many of […]
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When you are next walking along Fleet Street, if it’s open, I would recommend exploring St Dunstan-in-the-West church. Not only is it beautiful inside, it is gifted with a great number of historical curiosities and details to spot. A Lucky Church St Dunstan-in-the-West first appears in the records here in the 12th century, but it
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In the middle of a very modern estate in Fitzrovia you will find something surprising: a little Victorian chapel. The Fitzrovia Chapel, a hidden jewel of a building, was built from 1891, designed by the gothic revival architect John Loughborough Pearson. Its surroundings unsurprisingly once looks very different however, as it was originally at the
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After the Great Fire of London in 1666, the office of Sir Christopher Wren was entrusted to rebuild 51 of the 87 City churches destroyed in the blaze. Many have been lost since then either to the clearances of the late 19th century or to the Luftwaffe in World War Two. 24 remain today, including
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There are around 50 churches in the City of London today, each one unique and full of historical surprises. St Mary Aldermary is architecturally one of the most important and also ten years ago, underwent an interesting change that put it back at the heart of the community. The Medieval Churches As is usually the
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