City Of London Churches

Author : John Betjeman
Publisher : Pitkin Unichrome, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780853725657
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City of London Churches written by John Betjeman and published by Pitkin Unichrome, Limited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Fire of London in 1666 there were 97 parish churches in the City of London. 51 were rebuilt by Christoper Wren and new ones were built in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Author : A E. Daniell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London City Churches written by A E. Daniell and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen Millar
Publisher : Metro Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781902910413
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London's City Churches written by Stephen Millar and published by Metro Pub Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrates the city's church heritage with a guide to its structures, providing a description, history, date of construction, location, and operating hours for each building.

Author : Herbert Reynolds
Publisher : London : John Lane
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Churches of the City of London written by Herbert Reynolds and published by London : John Lane. This book was released on 1922 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Betjeman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City of London Churches written by John Betjeman and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tony Tucker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781843064824
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The visitor's guide to the City of London cathedrals written by Tony Tucker and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the churches within the City of London, and includes a foreword by Simon Jenkins. This book features churches each of which is given a double page spread with bullet points covering the main features of history, exterior, interior and summary and photos inside and out.

Author : Leigh Hatts
Publisher : Bankside Press
ISBN 13 : 0954570502
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London City Churches written by Leigh Hatts and published by Bankside Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Simon Bradley
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300096552
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London written by Simon Bradley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than fifty astonishingly varied churches, a group of buildings without parallel anywhere in the world, are crowded into Europe's financial centre, the City of London. Simon Bradley explores their unique history, arcitecture, rich fittings and stained glass. Lost churches are listed, and their little known churchyards explored. Numerous text figures and excellent photographs (newly taken by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments) help make this the indispensable guide to the church architecture of London's ancient 'Square Mile'. London: The City Churches is the second paperback addition to Pevsner's Buildings of England series.

Author : Henry William Clarke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City Churches written by Henry William Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Jeffery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Continuum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City Churches of Sir Christopher Wren written by Paul Jeffery and published by Bloomsbury Continuum. This book was released on 2007-06-15 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Fire of 1666 devastated the centre of London, with a loss of old St Paul's and eighty-six parish churches. Sir Christopher Wren, working with Commissioners appointed by Parliament, was responsible for rebuilding the cathedral and fifty-one of the parish churches, although the immediate need to start rebuilding made his design for an overall replanning of the City impossible. The work was funded by a tax on coals brought into the City of London. Much has been written about Wren's rebuilding of St Paul's, while the other fifty-ne parish chirches he was appointed to reconstruct are generally overlooked. This is the first modern book to examine them as a whole. Paul Jeffery describes how and when the churches were built, exploring the respective contributions of Wren and of his two principal assistants, Robert Hooke and Nicholas Hawksmoor. The result of their work was a unique set of contemporary churches. While not all are of the standard of Wren's masterpieces, such as St Stephen Walbrook and St Bride's, none is without architectural merit and interest. The second part of the book is a gazetteer of all the churches, including those that no longer exist. The book is heavily illustrated and provides a visual strong record of all the churches. Since they were built the Wren churches have suffered steady losses. St Christopher-le-Stocks was demolished in 1782 to make way for the Bank of England. Others, such as St Dionis Backchurch and St Antholin Budge Row, were lost to Victorian parish rationalisation. Many were destroyed or badly damaged in the Second World War. Only twenty-three of the original fifty-one remain. These are now under threat again, with the Templeman Report's proposal that only four of the existing churches (none by Wren) should be retained as parish churches. They provide a test case of conservation, sitting as they do in the middle of the City of London. The City Churches of Sir Christopher Wren presents a clear case both for their importance and for their preservation.