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St Nicholas, Cole Abbey, City of London
A Wren church from 1672-78. It was restored after war damage by Arthur Bailey 1961-62. It was planned to convert it to a national centre for religious education, but in 2017 it opened as a weektime cafe operated by an evangelical organisation.
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St Paul’s Cathedral, City of London
Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece and one of London’s symbols. Built after the Great fire had destroyed the much restored medieval cathedral. construction began in 1675 and was completed by 1711. In WW2 there was restoration by Godfrey Allen after bombing of the choir and north transept. There are many, mainly military, monuments from 1790 onwards in the nave (the Wellington monument is shown below) and transepts and many more to a wider variety of people in the crypt. Although Nelson and Wellington are interred there. The inside of the dome was painted by Sir James Thornhill between 1716-1720. At the crossing and east end mosaics dating from 1864 to 1904 were added to the ceilings, designed by William Blake Richmond and the spandrels by G.F, Watts and Alfred Stevens. The baldacchino over the altar dates from the post war restoration. The choir stalls and organ case were carved by Grinling Gibbons.
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St Michael, Paternoster Royal, City of London
By Christopher Wren 1685-94.Restored 1966-68 as the Mission to Seamen. The glass is by John Hayward from 1968
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St Peter, Cornhill, City of London
1677-84 by Christopher Wren, on a tight site making exterior photography rather difficult. The church is now used by St Helen’s Bishopsgate as a study centre.
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Temple Church, Inner Temple, City of London
The Temple church is one of the round churches built by the Knights Templars. The round norman nave has a large aisled chancel attached to it. The church, one of few to charge admission, sits in the inns of temple just west of the City. It required heavy rebuilding and restoration in 1947-1957 following war damage in 1941.
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St Sepulchre, City of london
A large and much rebuilt and restored city church north of St Paul’s Cathedral. Rebuilt in the mid 15th century but heavily restored in 1667-71 after fire, so a basically gothic exterior hides a classical interior. Some windows have started as gothic been made classical and then re-gothicized.
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St Stephen Wallbrook, City of London
A domed church built by Sir Christopher Wren 1672-80. Regarded by many as his finest parish church. It was restored and reordered into a central plan in 1978-87, the huge new altar is by Henry Moore. The restoration was by Robert Potter of Brandt, Potter and Partners.
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St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate, City of London
A small medieval church destroyed by a bomb in 1993 and rebuilt from 1997 by Purcell Miller Tritton
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St Vedast alias Foster, City of London
By Sir Christopher Wren 1695-1701, but using some of the fabric of previous churches. The spire, which has been attributed to Hawksmoor dates from 1709-1712. War damage meant a restoration in a collegiate style by Stephen Dykes-Bower between 1953 and 1963 with many of the furnishings coming from lost city churches
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St Margaret, Lothbury, City of London
By Sir Christopher Wren 1683-92, with the tower 1698-1700 attributed to Robert Hooke. One of only two city churches with a Wren screen, like many of the furnishings it comes from a demolished City church.
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London Churches in photographs 