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St Mary Aldermary, City of London
A medieval church rebuilt by Wren after the Great Fire in 1679-82. During the week there is a very busy cafe at the west end.
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St Mary at Hill, City of London
A domed church by Wren 1670-74 but severely damaged by fire in 1988. It has been restored but is somewhat empty of furnishings, though there are plans to raise the money to reinstate the reredos. It is currently used by a Lutheran congregation.
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St Mary le Bow, City of London
By Wren 1670-80 and restored after war damage by Lawrence King 1956-64, with stained glass by John Hayward. The crypt, partly converted to a restaurant is an eleventh century survival.
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St Michael Cornhill, City of London
A Wren church of 1669-72, gothicized by Gilbert Scott 1857-60.
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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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St Clement Danes, The Strand
The RAF church sitting on an island near the Aldwych on The Strand. Christopher Wren’s church of 1682 was badly damaged in the second world war and rebuilt in the 1950s. A crypt runs at right angles to the church itself.
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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London Churches in photographs 