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Belfry of St Mary Somerset, Upper Thames Street, City of London
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NOTES: The body of this church, built in 1686-1694, was demolished in 1871. The fittings of the church were removed to St Mary's, Britannia Street, Hoxton. The distinctive eight pinnacles of the remaining tower were removed after World War II following bomb damage. The tower was designated a Grade I listed building in 1950 and was restored by the City of London Corporation in 1956.
Burnt-out shell of St Nicholas Cole Abbey, Queen Victoria Street, City of London, seen from Watling Street
RIBA38555
NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945. This was one of the first City churches to be designed by Wren and rebuilt in 1671-1678. Some restoration was undertaken in 1928-1931, but the church was completely gutted by incendiary bombs in May 1941. Reconstruction was undertaken by Arthur Bailey in 1961-1962, the church being rededicated in 1962.
Bricked-up Carpenters' Hall, Throgmorton Avenue, City of London
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NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945. This, the second hall built for this livery company, was severely bomb damaged during an air raid on the 10th May 1941. A new hall was commissioned in 1956, designed by Austen Hall and built by Dove Brothers within the surviving Victorian walls, and opened in 1960.
Bomb-damaged buildings, City of London
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NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945.
Burnt-out shell of the Salters' Hall, Oxford Place off St Swithin's Lane, City of London
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NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945. This, the fifth hall of the Salters' llivery company, was destroyed by fire during the air raids of the 10th and 11th May 1941. The hall was demolished in 1951, the site sold for redevelopment, and a modern hall, designed by Sir Basil Spence, built in Fore Street which opened in 1976.
Burnt-out shell of St Nicholas Cole Abbey, Queen Victoria Street, City of London
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NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945. This was one of the first City churches to be designed by Wren and rebuilt in 1671-1678. Some restoration was undertaken in 1928-1931, but the church was completely gutted by incendiary bombs in May 1941. Reconstruction was undertaken by Arthur Bailey in 1961-1962, the church being rededicated in 1962.
Horse and trap in the environs of St Paul's, City of London
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NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945.