Westminster Abbey, London: the west front with the baldacchino over the entrance to the abbey annex for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

RIBA Ref No RIBA48824

Architect/Designer	Hawksmoor, Nicholas (1661-1736)
	James, John (c. 1672-1746)
	Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)
	Yevele, Henry (d. 1400)
	Bedford, Eric (1909-2001)
Artist/Photographer	Galwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971)
Country	UK: England
City	London
Subject Date	1953
Image Date	1953
View	Exterior
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	AP508/181
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
Subject	Churches ; Belfries, bell towers ; Entrances ; Abbeys ; Festivals, gatherings ; Canopies

NOTES: A Benedictine abbey was established on this site in the 10th century and it has been the coronation church of English monarchs since 1066. Construction on the present church began in 1245. The towers on the west front by Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor and John James, were completed in 1745. The baldachino was designed by Eric Bedford for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II which took place on 2nd June 1953.

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