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Key Image St Margaret Pattens
Rood Lane
EC3M 1HS London (City of London)
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: St Margaret Pattens (Diocese of London, Archdeaconry of London, The City)
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.51076° N, 0.0828° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1687
Architectural style: Neo-classical
Building type: Single-nave church
Description: Neo-classical single-nave church with west tower; guild church of the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers and the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers (manufacturers of wooden undershoes, which protected the shoes from the dirt of the street)
Name derivation: From St Margaret of Antioch and the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers
Tower
  • Third-highest church tower in the City of London
Noteworthy
  • Exhibition of “pattens” in the entry hall
History:
12th cent.:   First recorded mention of a precursor church
1538:   New building
Sep 1666:   Destroyed in the Great Fire of London
1687:   Reconstruction by Christopher Wren (started 1684)
1702:   Completion of the tower (Christopher Wren; begun 1698)
1956:   Reopening after damage during the Second World War
Important persons:
Architect:  Wren, Christopher (1632–1723, British astronomer and architect)
Patron:  Margaret of Antioch (d. 305, virgin and martyr, revered as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers)
Dimensions:
Tower Height [m]:  60
Sources
Bradley, Simon, Nikolaus Pevsner: London: The City Churches, Yale University Press, New Haven/London 2002, pp. 101–102
Millar, Stephen: London’s City Churches, Metro Publications, London 2013, pp. 108–111
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