St Bride's, Fleet Street, City of London: the reconstructed barrel-vaulted nave
Architect/Designer | Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723) |
Artist/Photographer | Toomey, Bill (1922-) |
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1678 |
Image Date | 1959 |
View | Interior |
Style | Baroque |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | AP505/137 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Churches ; Statues ; Interior decoration ; Church fittings ; Restoration |
NOTES: This church was rebuilt after the Great Fire of London to designs by Christopher Wren in 1671-1678, while the steeple was added in 1701-1703. It was fire-bombed on the night of 29th December 1940 and the nave was completely destoyed. Reconstruction began in 1953 and the church was rededicated in 1957.
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