Wren's City of London Churches

by John Christopher

LONDON needed rebuilding after the great fire of 1666. Eighty-eight churches had been destroyed and a grand plan to rebuild them was started by Sir Christopher Wren. In the end, he designed fifty-one new churches and the splendour that is St Paul's Cathedral. Of the fifty-one churches, many have been lost, either to a combination of Victorian indifference, fire, subsidence or German bombs. Twelve Wren City churches survive in their original form,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445602504
• ISBN13: 9781445602509
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.