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Key Image St Dunstan in the East
Dunstan_s Hill
EC3R 5DD London (City of London)
United Kingdom
Denomination: (in ruins)
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.50979° N, 0.08261° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1271
Architectural style: Gothic Revival
Description: Ruined church of the Gothic Revival with elements borrowed from the Perpendicular style
Name derivation: Eastern one of the two churches in the City of London, which are named after St Dunstan
Building material
  • Portland stone (limestone)
History:
About 1100:   Construction started, with further construction phases during the 12th and 13th centuries
1271:   First recorded mention
1381:   Construction of the south aisle
1633:   Repair and reinforcement of the exterior walls with Portland stone
Sep 1666:   Destruction of the tower and damage of the nave during the Great Fire of London
1671:   Completion of three-year repair works
1701:   Completion of the new tower by Christopher Wren after a seven-year construction period (in the Gothic style to match the surviving nave of the church)
1821:   New nave completed (architect David Laing; begun in 1817)
1941:   Destruction of the nave during World War II
1957:   Cleaning of the crypt
1971:   Completion of the four-year conversion to a city garden
Important persons:
Architect:  Wren, Christopher (1632–1723, British astronomer and architect)
Patron:  Dunstan of Canterbury (909–988, archbishop of Canterbury)
Dimensions:
Length [m]:  34
Sources
Bradley, Simon, Nikolaus Pevsner: London: The City Churches, Yale University Press, New Haven/London 2002, pp. 79–80
Johnson, Malcolm: Crypts of London, The History Press, Stroud 2013
Tucker, Tony: City of London Churches, Guidelines Books, Stoke-on-Trent 2013, pp. 98–99
Wikipedia: Eintrag „St Dunstan-in-the-East“, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Dunstan-in-the-East, retrieved 25/10/2017
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