A collection of images recorded during the pandemic lockdown period in London 2020. They show Christopher Wren's churches in details and context. St Lawrence Jewry is the official church of the Lord Mayor of London and the City of London Corporation. The church is near the former medieval Jewish ghetto, which was centred on the street named Old Jewry. The church is entirely faced in stone, with a grand east front, on which four attached Corinthian columns, raised on a basement, support a pediment placed against a high attic. George Godwin, writing in 1839, described the details of this facade as displaying " a purity of feeling almost Grecian", while pointing out that Wren's pediment acts only as a superficial adornment to the wall, rather than, as in Classical architecture, forming an extension of the roof. The church suffered extensive damage during the Blitz on 29 December 1940 and after the war the City of London Corporation agreed to restore it. It was restored in 1957 by Cecil Brown to Wren's original design Grade I listed
| Image Details: | |
| Image File: | GSMI-0117-0004 |
| Caption: | Oblique view of spire from south west, looking eastwards to the Eastern Clutser. Christopher Wren churches – St. Lawrence Jewry Church, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Sir Christopher Wren, 1687. |
| Property Release: | No |
| Model Release: | N/A |
| Dimensions in PX: | 3346 x 5014 pixels |
| Date of Photograph: | 01/05/2020 |
| Restriction: | No Restriction |
| Credit: | Grant Smith/VIEW |
| Building Details: | |
| View Project Number: | 61305 |
| Building Name: | Christopher Wren churches – St. Lawrence Jewry Church |
| Headline: | Christopher Wren churches – St. Lawrence Jewry Church, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Sir Christopher Wren, 1687. |
| City: | London |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Architect: | Sir Christopher Wren |
| Architect Website: | |
| Category: | Religious |
| Building Type: | Church |
| Year of Completion: | 1687 |
| Collection: | VIEW Architecture |
| Public Notes: | A collection of images recorded during the pandemic lockdown period in London 2020. They show Christopher Wren's churches in details and context. St Lawrence Jewry is the official church of the Lord Mayor of London and the City of London Corporation. The church is near the former medieval Jewish ghetto, which was centred on the street named Old Jewry. The church is entirely faced in stone, with a grand east front, on which four attached Corinthian columns, raised on a basement, support a pediment placed against a high attic. George Godwin, writing in 1839, described the details of this facade as displaying " a purity of feeling almost Grecian", while pointing out that Wren's pediment acts only as a superficial adornment to the wall, rather than, as in Classical architecture, forming an extension of the roof. The church suffered extensive damage during the Blitz on 29 December 1940 and after the war the City of London Corporation agreed to restore it. It was restored in 1957 by Cecil Brown to Wren's original design Grade I listed |
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| Orientation: | V |
| Type: | Church |
| B/W or Colour: | Colour |
| Number of People: | Nobody |
| Technique: | Copy space |
| People Incidental: | N/A |
| Point of View: | General view |
| Time of Day: | Day |
| Interior or Exterior: | Exterior |
| Photographer: | Grant Smith |
| Source File Name: | GSMI-0117-0004.jpg |
| Copyright Info URL: | www.viewpictures.co.uk |