St Giles Cripplegate surrounded by timber houses, Barbican, City of London
Artist/Photographer | Bedford Lemere & Co. |
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1684 |
Image Date | 1879 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Gothic |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | LS 20846 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Buttresses ; Belfries, bell towers ; Churches ; Housing |
NOTES: The early medieval church was rebuilt in the Perpendicular Gothic style following a fire in 1545. The tower was erected in 1682-1684. The church was heavily restored and refaced in ragstone between 1884-1905. It suffered severe bomb damage in 1940, was later restored, and reopened in 1960.
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