Saint Mary Abchurch
Wren, Christopher
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Date
1681-1687Description
General view; Destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666, it was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in 1681-1687 with a 4 storey, 51 foot high tower, a leaded spire and a red brick exterior with stone dressings. A bomb hit the church in September 1940 during the London Blitz. The greatest damage was to the Dome, and Grinling Gibbons' reredos. Godfrey Allen repaired the church. The Dome was repainted by Hoyle and the reredos, smashed to pieces, was painstakingly restored over five years. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/13/2009)
Type of Work
churchSubject
architectural exteriors, Great Fire, London, England, 1666, Seventeenth century, Neoclassical
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