St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, City of London: the steeple towering over a bombsite

RIBA Ref No RIBA24054

Architect/Designer	Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)
Artist/Photographer	Dell & Wainwright
Country	UK: England
City	London
Subject Date	1683
Image Date	1940
View	Exterior
Style	Baroque
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	AP Box 891 Gibbs / D&W 8751
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
Subject	Bomb sites ; Churches ; Spires ; Towns & cities

NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945. Much of the church of St Mary-le-Bow was destroyed by a bomb on the 10th May, 1941. It was designated a listed building in 1950 and rebuilding began in 1956 under the direction of Laurence King. It was reconsecrated in 1964.

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