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Christ Church, Newgate Street, City of London: the bomb damaged church with the spire still intact

RIBA Ref No RIBA17859
Architect/DesignerWren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)
Artist/PhotographerDell & Wainwright
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1704
Image Date1940
ViewExterior
StyleBaroque
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP Box 106 (DWN 8572)
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectRuins ; Spires ; Churches
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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