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St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe

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St Andrew's is situated on a terrace overlooking the street, its plain red-brick exterior contrasting with the stone buildings on either side. The interior is aisled, with arcaded bays supported by piers rather than the usual columns. The original interior fittings were mostly destroyed during the
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First mentioned around 1170, St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe was almost certainly founded considerably earlier. During the 13th century the church was a part of
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after the Great Fire, St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe is among the simplest of his designs; it was erected in 1695.
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to just north of the church. It was from this association that the church acquired its unique name.
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nearby, and later he bought a house within the parish, in Ireland Yard. In his honour, a
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The steps leading from the street up to the ground-level of the church are steep
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war, and many of the church's features were procured from other destroyed
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Prior to the King's wardrobe moving to the adjacent area it was known as
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of that family stood nearby, at the south end of Adle Street, against
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The Wardrobe and the church, however, were both lost in the
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As the parish of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe rejects the
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for about fifteen years while he was working at the
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St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe

EC4
Denomination
Church of England
Roman Catholicism
listed building
Architect(s)
Christopher Wren
Style
Baroque
Diocese
London
Priest(s)
Luke Miller
SSC
Church of England
Queen Victoria Street, London
City of London
Blackfriars station
Baynard's Castle
Edward III
Royal Wardrobe
Tower of London
Great Fire of London
churches
Sir Christopher Wren
London blitz
German bombing
ordination of women

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