List of Christopher Wren churches in London

Churches in the City of London

Eighty-eight parish churches were burned during the Great Fire of London in 1666. The office of Christopher Wren rebuilt 51 parish churches and St Paul's Cathedral. Many of these churches were demolished as the population of the City of London declined in the 19th century and more were destroyed or damaged during the Blitz.

Survived in original form

Name	Location	Date	Listing	Coordinates
St Benet Paul's Wharf	Queen Victoria Street, Queenhithe, City of London	1677-83	Grade I (1950)	51°30′42.01″N 0°5′57.38″W / 51.5116694°N 0.0992722°W / 51.5116694; -0.0992722
St Clement Eastcheap	Clement's Lane, Candlewick, City of London	1683-87	Grade I (1950)	51°30′40.77″N 0°5′12.81″W / 51.5113250°N 0.0868917°W / 51.5113250; -0.0868917
St Edmund, King and Martyr	Lombard Street, Langbourn, City of London	1670-79	Grade I (1950)	51°30′44.62″N 0°5′10.68″W / 51.5123944°N 0.0863000°W / 51.5123944; -0.0863000
St James Garlickhythe	Garlick Hill, Vintry, City of London	1676-83	Grade I (1950)	51°30′39.99″N 0°5′37.54″W / 51.5111083°N 0.0937611°W / 51.5111083; -0.0937611
St Margaret Lothbury	Lothbury, Coleman Street Ward and Broad Street Ward, City of London	1686-90	Grade I (1950)	51°30′52.91″N 0°5′19.92″W / 51.5146972°N 0.0888667°W / 51.5146972; -0.0888667
St Margaret Pattens	Eastcheap, Billingsgate, City of London	1684-87	Grade I (1950)	51°30′38.75″N 0°4′58.74″W / 51.5107639°N 0.0829833°W / 51.5107639; -0.0829833
St Martin, Ludgate	Ludgate Hill, Farringdon Within, City of London	1677-84	Grade I (1950)	51°30′50.55″N 0°6′6.99″W / 51.5140417°N 0.1019417°W / 51.5140417; -0.1019417
St Mary Abchurch	Abchurch Lane, Candlewick, City of London	1681-86	Grade I (1950)	51°30′42.02″N 0°5′18.05″W / 51.5116722°N 0.0883472°W / 51.5116722; -0.0883472
St Mary Aldermary	Queen Victoria Street, Cordwainer, City of London	1679-82	Grade I (1950)	51°30′46″N 0°05′36″W / 51.51278°N 0.09333°W / 51.51278; -0.09333
St Michael's Cornhill	Cornhill, Cornhill, City of London	1669-72	Grade I (1950)	51°30′47.50″N 0°5′7.68″W / 51.5131944°N 0.0854667°W / 51.5131944; -0.0854667
St Paul's Cathedral	St Paul's Churchyard, Castle Baynard, City of London	1675-1711	Grade I (1950)	51°30′49″N 0°05′53″W / 51.51361°N 0.09806°W / 51.51361; -0.09806
St Peter upon Cornhill	Cornhill, Cornhill, City of London	1677-84	Grade I (1950)	51°30′47.7″N 0°5′4.5″W / 51.513250°N 0.084583°W / 51.513250; -0.084583
St Stephen Walbrook	Walbrook, Walbrook, City of London	1672-79	Grade I (1950)	51°30′45.46″N 0°5′23.71″W / 51.5126278°N 0.0899194°W / 51.5126278; -0.0899194

Substantially altered before the Blitz

Image	Name	Location	Date	Listing	Comment	Coordinates
	St Magnus-the-Martyr	Lower Thames Street, Bridge, City of London	1671-87	Grade I (1950)	altered after London Bridge was widened in 1762	51°30′33.41″N 0°5′10.81″W / 51.5092806°N 0.0863361°W / 51.5092806; -0.0863361
	St Mary-at-Hill	Lovat Lane, Billingsgate, City of London	1670-76	Grade I (1950)	altered in 1787-88 and 1826-1827	51°30′36″N 0°05′01″W / 51.510069°N 0.08374°W / 51.510069; -0.08374

Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz

The Blitz in 1940-1941 damaged nearly all the churches in the City of London and many were nearly destroyed leaving just the outer walls and tower. However most of them were rebuilt to Wren's original design.

Name	Location	Date	Listing	Comment	Coordinates
St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe	Queen Victoria Street, Castle Baynard, City of London	1685-95	Grade I (1950)	rededicated in 1961	51°30′44.44″N 0°6′4.89″W / 51.5123444°N 0.1013583°W / 51.5123444; -0.1013583
St Andrew, Holborn	Holborn Viaduct, Farringdon Without, City of London	1686-87	Grade I (1950)	re-opened in 1961	51°31′2.10″N 0°6′24.14″W / 51.5172500°N 0.1067056°W / 51.5172500; -0.1067056
St Anne and St Agnes	Gresham Street, Aldersgate, City of London	1676-87	Grade I (1950)	rededicated in 1966	51°30′59″N 0°5′47″W / 51.51639°N 0.09639°W / 51.51639; -0.09639
St Bride's Church	Fleet Street, Castle Baynard, City of London	1670-84	Grade I (1950)	rededicated in 1957	51°30′50″N 0°6′21″W / 51.51389°N 0.10583°W / 51.51389; -0.10583
St Lawrence Jewry	Gresham Street, Cheap, City of London	1670-86	Grade I (1950)	restored in 1957	51°30′55″N 0°05′33″W / 51.5152°N 0.0925°W / 51.5152; -0.0925
St Mary-le-Bow	Cheapside, Cordwainer, City of London	1670-83	Grade I (1950)	reconsecrated in 1964	51°30′50″N 0°05′37″W / 51.51389°N 0.09361°W / 51.51389; -0.09361
St Michael Paternoster Royal	College Hill, Dowgate, City of London	1686-94	Grade I (1950)	restored in 1966–8	51°30′40.22″N 0°5′31.76″W / 51.5111722°N 0.0921556°W / 51.5111722; -0.0921556
St Nicholas Cole Abbey	Queen Victoria Street, Bread Street Ward, City of London	1671-81	Grade I (1950)	reconsecrated in 1962	51°30′43″N 0°5′48″W / 51.51194°N 0.09667°W / 51.51194; -0.09667
St Vedast Foster Lane	Foster Lane, Cheap, City of London	1670-97	Grade I (1950)	restored by 1962	51°30′53.56″N 0°5′46.08″W / 51.5148778°N 0.0961333°W / 51.5148778; -0.0961333

Tower remaining

These churches were destroyed in the Blitz or demolished in the 19th century. Only their towers remained with perhaps a short section of the outer wall. They are no longer working churches.

Name	Location	Date	Listing	Comment	Coordinates
St Mary Somerset	Upper Thames Street, Queenhithe, City of London	1686-94	Grade I (1950)	Body of the church demolished in 1871. Tower surrounded by small garden	51°30′40.92″N 0°5′48.80″W / 51.5113667°N 0.0968889°W / 51.5113667; -0.0968889
St Olave Old Jewry	Ironmonger Lane, Walbrook, City of London	1670-79	Grade I (1950)	Body of the church was demolished in 1887. Tower is part of an office building.	51°30′52.15″N 0°5′28.70″W / 51.5144861°N 0.0913056°W / 51.5144861; -0.0913056
Christ Church Greyfriars	Newgate Street, Farringdon Within, City of London	1677-91	Grade I (1950)	Destroyed in the Blitz. The ruins are a public garden, the tower is private residence	51°30′56.94″N 0°5′56.93″W / 51.5158167°N 0.0991472°W / 51.5158167; -0.0991472
St Alban's, Wood Street	Wood Street, Bassishaw, City of London	1682-87	Grade II (1950)	Destroyed in the Blitz. The tower is private dwelling	51°30′59.69″N 0°5′38.95″W / 51.5165806°N 0.0941528°W / 51.5165806; -0.0941528
St Augustine Watling Street	Watling Street, Bread Street Ward, City of London	1680-87	Grade I (1950)	Destroyed in the Blitz. Tower part of St Paul's Cathedral Choir School	51°30′48.52″N 00°05′49.00″W / 51.5134778°N 0.0969444°W / 51.5134778; -0.0969444
St Dunstan-in-the-East	St Dunstan's Hill, Billingsgate, City of London	1698	Grade I (1950)	Rebuilt in 1817-21, but destroyed in the Blitz. Ruins are a public garden	51°30′34.82″N 0°4′57.80″W / 51.5096722°N 0.0827222°W / 51.5096722; -0.0827222

Stones re-used

Image	Name	Location	Date	Listing	Comment	Coordinates
	All Hallows Lombard Street	Lombard Street, Langbourn, City of London	1686-94	never listed	Demolished in 1939, with the tower and interior fittings moved to All Hallows Twickenham	51°30′39.09″N 0°5′5.84″W / 51.5108583°N 0.0849556°W / 51.5108583; -0.0849556
	St Mary Aldermanbury	Aldermanbury, Bassishaw, City of London	1670-74	Grade II (1972)	Ruined in 1940, and the stones transported to Fulton, Missouri in 1964. Rebuilt as a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill	51°30′59.34″N 0°5′35.06″W / 51.5164833°N 0.0930722°W / 51.5164833; -0.0930722

Demolished due to the Union of Benefices Act (chronological order)

The population of the City of London declined sharply in the 19th century, and the Union of Benefices Act 1860 reduced the number of parish churches. The surplus churches were demolished.

Name	Location	Date	Comment	Coordinates
St Benet Gracechurch	Gracechurch Street, Bridge, City of London	1681-87	demolished in 1868	51°30′42″N 0°5′6″W / 51.51167°N 0.08500°W / 51.51167; -0.08500
St Mildred, Poultry	Poultry, Cheap, City of London	1670-77	demolished in 1872	51°30′49″N 0°5′24″W / 51.51361°N 0.09000°W / 51.51361; -0.09000
St Antholin, Budge Row	Watling Street, Cordwainer, City of London	1678-84	demolished in 1875	51°30′45″N 0°05′31″W / 51.51250°N 0.09194°W / 51.51250; -0.09194
St Michael Queenhithe	Upper Thames Street, Queenhithe, City of London	1676-86	demolished in 1876	51°30′40″N 0°5′42″W / 51.51111°N 0.09500°W / 51.51111; -0.09500
All Hallows Bread Street	Bread Street, Bread Street Ward, City of London	1681-1698	demolished in 1878	51°30′47″N 0°05′42″W / 51.5131°N 0.0951°W / 51.5131; -0.0951
St Dionis Backchurch	Fenchurch Street, Langbourn, City of London	1670-77	demolished in 1878	51°30′43″N 0°5′2″W / 51.51194°N 0.08389°W / 51.51194; -0.08389
St Matthew Friday Street	Friday Street, Bread Street Ward, City of London	1682-85	demolished in 1885	51°30′49″N 0°5′44″W / 51.51361°N 0.09556°W / 51.51361; -0.09556
St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street	Old Change, Castle Baynard, City of London	1683-87	demolished in 1893	51°30′45″N 0°5′51″W / 51.51250°N 0.09750°W / 51.51250; -0.09750
All-Hallows-the-Great	Upper Thames Street, Dowgate, City of London	1677-84	demolished in 1894	51°30′36″N 0°05′25″W / 51.5100°N 0.0902°W / 51.5100; -0.0902
St Michael Wood Street	Wood Street, Cripplegate, City of London	1670-75	demolished in 1897	51°30′56″N 0°5′41.5″W / 51.51556°N 0.094861°W / 51.51556; -0.094861

Demolished for other reasons (chronological order)

Name	Location	Date	Demolition	Reason	Coordinates
St Christopher le Stocks	Threadneedle Street, Broad Street Ward, City of London	1670-71	demolished in 1782	to provide space for the extension of the Bank of England	51°30′51″N 0°05′19″W / 51.5141°N 0.0886°W / 51.5141; -0.0886
St Michael, Crooked Lane	Miles's Lane, Candlewick, City of London	1687	demolished in 1831	wider approaches were needed for the rebuilt London Bridge	51°30′39″N 0°05′14″W / 51.51070°N 0.087280°W / 51.51070; -0.087280
St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange	Bartholomew Lane, Broad Street Ward, City of London	1675-83	demolished in 1840	to provide space for the widening of Threadneedle Street	51°30′50″N 0°05′14″W / 51.51376°N 0.0873°W / 51.51376; -0.0873
St Benet Fink	Threadneedle Street, Broad Street Ward, City of London	1670-75	demolished between 1841 and 1846	to improve the site of the Royal Exchange	51°30′50″N 0°5′10″W / 51.51389°N 0.08611°W / 51.51389; -0.08611
St Michael Bassishaw	Basinghall Street, Bassishaw, City of London	1675-79	demolished in 1900	judged structurally unsafe in 1892	51°31′0.1″N 0°5′30″W / 51.516694°N 0.09167°W / 51.516694; -0.09167
St George Botolph Lane	Botolph Lane, Billingsgate, City of London	1671-76	demolished in 1904	judged structurally unsafe and closed 1901	51°30′38″N 0°5′7″W / 51.51056°N 0.08528°W / 51.51056; -0.08528

Destroyed in the Blitz

These churches were destroyed in the Blitz and their ruins demolished afterwards.

Name	Location	Date	Demolition	Coordinates
St Stephen Coleman Street	Coleman Street, Coleman Street Ward, City of London	1677	1940	51°30′56″N 0°05′25″W / 51.5155°N 0.0904°W / 51.5155; -0.0904
St Mildred, Bread Street	Bread Street, Bread Street Ward, City of London	1677-83	1941	51°30′44″N 0°05′43″W / 51.5123°N 0.0952°W / 51.5123; -0.0952
St Swithin, London Stone	Cannon Street, Walbrook, City of London	1678	1962	51°30′42″N 0°5′22″W / 51.51167°N 0.08944°W / 51.51167; -0.08944

Interior refurbished by Christopher Wren

Image	Name	Location	Date	Listing	Comment	Coordinates
	Temple Church	Fleet Street, Farringdon Without, City of London	1682-83	Grade I (1950)	During the restoration after the Blitz Wren's wooden altar was discovered in a museum and was restored to its original position	51°30′47.52″N 0°06′37.44″W / 51.5132000°N 0.1104000°W / 51.5132000; -0.1104000

Churches built outside the City of London

These churches were outside the area of the Great Fire of London.

Name	Location	Date	Listing	Comment	Coordinates
St Anne's Church, Soho	Dean Street, Soho, City of Westminster	1677-85	Grade II (1958)	The body of the church by Wren and William Talman was destroyed in the Blitz and later totally demolished; the preserved tower was built by S.P. Cockerell in 1801-03	51°30′45″N 0°07′56″W / 51.5124°N 0.1323°W / 51.5124; -0.1323
St Clement Danes	The Strand, City of Westminster	1680-82	Grade I (1958)	Destroyed in 1941; reconsecrated in 1958 after the Blitz.	51°30′47″N 0°06′50″W / 51.513107°N 0.113898°W / 51.513107; -0.113898
St James's Church, Piccadilly	Piccadilly, St James's, City of Westminster	1676-84	Grade I (1958)	Destroyed in 1940; restored in 1947-54 after the Blitz	51°30′31″N 0°8′12″W / 51.50861°N 0.13667°W / 51.50861; -0.13667
Chapel of the Royal Hospital Chelsea	Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	1682-87	Grade I (1969)	Wren designed the rest of the Hospital, as well.	51°29′11″N 0°9′28″W / 51.48639°N 0.15778°W / 51.48639; -0.15778

Bibliography

Betjeman, John (1992) [1967], Sovereign City of London Churches, Andover: Pitkin, ISBN 0-85372-565-9
Godwin, George (1839), Churches of London, Vols.1-2, C. Tilt
Huelin, G (1996), Vanished Churches of the City of London, London: Guildhall Library Publications, ISBN 0-900422-42-4
Reynolds, H (1922), The Churches of the City of London, London: The Bodley Head Limited

External links

Friends of the City Churches
Church Bells of the City of London
City of London Churches by Mark McManus
Churches in the City from the Diocese of London
Where the existing Wren churches are in London from Google maps
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