St Mary Abchurch

Bland on the Outside - but a Gem Inside!

One of the lesser known Wren churches, rebuilt after the 1666 Great Fire of London, St Mary Abchurch has a dome which the great architect used as a trial for his plans for St Paul's Cathedral. The dom...

The Back Side View Of Red Bricked

I had the chance to take a photo of the back of the church. The photo of the rear facade impressed me a lot. Unfortunately, I couldn't see inside. You can smell many historical locations even just by ...

Carving by a master from the seventeenth century

Grilling Gibbons was a very gifted artist in carving Linden Lime tree wood. You can see his work in St Paul’s cathedral and in other churches, in the V&A Museum, on street doorcases and in country ...

A little visited gem by Wren

A n interesting church tucked away off Cannon Street, the lovely Friends of City Churches have a fiiendly, helpful person on duty to help you get the most out of you visit. One useful tip, let your ey...

Rebuilt by the office of Sir Christopher Wren

A church has existed on this site since the twelfth century, the present one replacing an earlier version destroyed in the Great Fire of London designed by ‘the office of Sir Christopher Wren’ and bui...