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St Antholin, Budge Row

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242: 191: 174:, writing in the early 19th century said the tower and spire "although they might not be termed beautiful or pure, display great powers of invention, and are of pleasing proportions". The stone spire was octagonal in plan, divided into storeys by horizontal ribs, with circular ribs at the corners. There were openings at the base of the spire, and it was crowned with the head of a classical column of the 292: 45: 787: 280:. St Antholin's was declared redundant in 2001 and sold to a Pentecostal congregation. In 2003 St Silas was demolished and rebuilt on the same site, with the dedication of St Antony and St Silas. Two bells, one made for the City church of St Antholin in 1717, and one recast in 1925 from the metal of another, were hung in the new tower. 143:(Mayor of London in 1399 and 1410) and his son, also called Thomas. Both were buried in the church. It seems to have been rebuilt again in 1513 by John Tate. It was repaired in 1616, at a cost of more than £900, and in 1623 a richly decorated gallery was added, its front divided into 52 panels, each bearing a coat of arms. 181:
The ceiling of the new church was in the form of an oval dome, supported on eight columns standing on high plinths. Godwin noted that "the carpentry of the roof displays Wren's knowledge of constructive science, and may be studied with advantage." There was a small gallery with an organ at the west
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The new church was 66 feet (20 m) long and 44 feet (13 m) wide; the tower, to the top of its spire, was 154 feet (47 m) high. The exterior of the body of the church was plain in style, but the attached steeple was more unusual and elaborate:
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The proceeds from the sale of the site came to £44,990. Some of this went towards the building of the new church of St Antholin at the junction of Nunhead Lane and Carden Road in
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Of all the churches demolished in the nineteenth century, the loss of St Antholin's seems to have caused the greatest regret: cf Gordon Huelin,
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The church, which is first recorded in 1119, was on the north side of Budge Row (which no longer exists), at the corner of Sise Lane in
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The church became noted for its early morning lectures, established in 1559, to announce which the bells would start to ring at 5 am.
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In 1829, the upper part of the spire was replaced and the portion removed, with its dragon's head weathervane, was sold for £5 to
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on 27 December 1940, but was rebuilt after the war, and reconsecrated on 12 October 1957, as St Anthony, Nunhead.
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The Churches of London: A History and Description of the Ecclesiastical Edifices of the Metropolis
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St Antholin's, as rebuilt in the 17th century, Engraving c. 1830 by A. Cruse after
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Newcourt describes it as having "a very curious spire on it, all of Free-stone".
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Londinium Redivivium, or, an Ancient History and Modern Description of London
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The Annals of London: A Year-by-year Record of a Thousand Years of History
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A memorial to the lost Church of Saint Antholin on the south wall of
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Churches rebuilt after the Great Fire of London but since demolished
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Godwin, George; John Britton (1839). "St Antholin, Watling Street".
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List of churches rebuilt after the Great Fire but since demolished
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end, and a circular window at the east end, above the altar.
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Chester, John Lemuel; Armytage, George J., eds. (1883).
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In 1990 the parish was combined with that of St Silas,
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Index

St Antholin Watling Street

Thomas Hosmer Shepherd
London
United Kingdom
Denomination
Anglican
City of London
Cordwainer Ward
Saint Anthony the Great
Sir Thomas Knollys
Great Fire of London
Christopher Wren
St John the Baptist upon Walbrook
George Godwin
Composite order

Robert Harrild
Sydenham
Grade II listed
Union of Benefices Act
Queen Victoria Street
Brookwood Cemetery
City of London Cemetery
St Mary Aldermary

St Mary Aldermary
Nunhead
Peckham
Ewan Christian

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