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Category: Arts & Entertainment
Type: Religious & Spiritual
13-10-2008
St. Mary Aldermary is another of the many beautiful City churches rebuilt by Wren after the Great Fire of 1666. Located near St. Paul’s, it is wedged into a triangle between Watling Street and Queen Victoria Street. The church is first mentioned circa 1080, although likely has Saxon origins. The church was rebuilt in 1510. Only the tower and the walls survived the Great Fire, although Wren chose to rebuild the church in a Gothic style (his only Gothic church). It was damaged in the Blitz, restored, and became a Guild church in 1954. When I visited in fall 2008, the tower was covered in scafolding for restoration work.
Unfortunately, St. Mary Aldermary has limited opening hours (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., I believe), and was closed when I visited. I understand that the interior is beautiful: most importantly, it features a fan-vaulted ceiling. This is the only known fan-vaulted ceiling in a parish church in London: fan-vaulted ceilings are usually associated with cathedrals. I plan to go back to see the interior.
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