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Steeple and the burnt-out remains of Christ Church, Newgate Street, City of London

RIBA Ref No RIBA38520
Architect/DesignerWren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1704
Image Date1940
ViewExterior
StyleBaroque
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP98/78
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectSpires ; Belfries, bell towers ; Churches ; Ruins ; Bomb sites
NOTES: The new church and tower was completed by Wren in 1687 and corresponded to the chancel of the Greyfriars' church destroyed in the Great Fire of London. The steeple was added in 1701. The church was destroyed in the Blitz and not rebuilt. The steeple was conserved in 1960.
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NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945. Much of the church of St Mary-le-Bow was destroyed by a bomb on the 10th May, 1941. It was designated a listed building in 1950 and rebuilding began in 1956 under the direction of Laurence King. It was reconsecrated in 1964.
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