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St Paul's Cathedral, City of London, seen from a nearby bombsite

RIBA3821
Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)
NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945.

St John's, Horsleydown, Bermondsey, London: the interior showing bomb damage

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Hawksmoor, Nicholas (1661-1736)
NOTES: Nicholas Hawksmoor collaborated with John James by designing the tower.

St Mary Aldermanbury, City of London: the burnt out remains following war damage

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Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)
NOTES: This church was gutted during the Blitz of 1940 during World War II. The remaining walls of Portland stone were taken down in 1964-1965, shipped to Fulton, Missouri, USA, and re-erected at Westminster College, Fulton. A small planted garden now marks the sunken remains of the original church.

Belfry of St Mary Somerset, Upper Thames Street, City of London, under restoration

RIBA6857
Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)
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.

St Paul's Cathedral seen from bombed remains of St Mary Somerset, Upper Thames Street, City of London

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Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)
NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945.

Topographical drawing of the ruins of St. Mildred's Church, Bread Street, London, surrounded by bomb damaged buildings with a demolition crane in the foreground

RIBA20271
Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)
NOTES: The church of St. Mildred was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and was built between 1681 and 1687. It was later destroyed during enemy action in April and May of 1941, during the Second World War.

Topographical drawing of the bomb-damaged church of St Alban the Martyr, Holborn, London

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Butterfield, William (1814-1900)
NOTES: The Church of St Alban the Martyr was designed by Butterfield in 1863, but was largely destroyed during enemy action in April 1941 during the Second World War.

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

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Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)
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.

All Souls, Langham Place, London: elevated view of the nave showing the damage caused by a landmine explosion in 1940

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Goodhart-Rendel, Harry Stuart (1887-1959)
NOTES: Completed in 1824, All Souls Church is the last surviving church built by John Nash. Goodhart-Rendel was responsible for its restoration and new fittings in 1923-1927, and following war damage in 1947-1951.

St John the Divine, Vassall Road, Lambeth, London: the remains of the apse after severe bomb damage in 1941

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Street, George Edmund (1824-1881)
NOTES: The church suffered severe bomb damage in 1941 during the Blitz and most of the original interior fittings were lost. H.S. Goodhart-Rendel was responsible for its restoration in 1955-58 and the church reopened in September 1958.

St John the Divine, Vassall Road, Lambeth, London: the remains of the nave and apse after severe bomb damage in 1941

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Street, George Edmund (1824-1881)
NOTES: The church suffered severe bomb damage in 1941 during the Blitz and most of the original interior fittings were lost. H.S. Goodhart-Rendel was responsible for its restoration in 1955-58 and the church reopened in September 1958.
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