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Key Image All Hallows-by-the-Tower
Byward Street
EC3R 5BJ London (City of London)
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: All Hallows, Berkynchirche-by-the-Tower with St. Dunstan etc (Diocese of London, Archdeaconry of London, The City)
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.5094° N, 0.07932° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1767
Architectural style: Neo-classical
Building type: Basilica
Description: Mainly neo-classical, three-aisled basilica; rectangular tower with modern spire.
Name derivation: From the location next to the Tower; alternative name “All Hallows Barking“ after the Abbey of Barking, founded by St Ethelburga.
Building material
  • Brick tower, spire of copper from Zambia
Font
  • Font of Gibraltar limestone (cover dating from 1682)
Noteworthy
  • Roman tesselated pavement in the undercroft (2nd cent.)
  • Anglo-Saxon arch in the south-west corner (last remaining Anglo-Saxon wall part in London)
History:
675:   Construction of the precursor church by the Abbey of Barking
15th cent.:   New church in the Perpendicular style (north and south walls remaining)
17th cent.:   Erection of the tower
04/01/1650:   Zerstörung der Fenster und Beschädigung des Turms nach einer Schießpulverexplosion in der Tower Street
1767:   Rebuilt in the neo-classical style (George Dance the Younger; started 1765)
1940:   Damaged during the Second World War (thereby revealing the Roman and Anglo-Saxon remains)
1957:   Reopening after the restoration by Lord Mottistone
Important persons:
Architect:  Seely, John, Lord Mottistone (1899–1963, English architect)
Dance, George, the Younger (1741–1825, English architect)
Sources
All Hallows by the Tower: Web-Site der Kirche, http://www.allhallowsbythetower.org.uk/history/, retrieved 12/10/2017
Bradley, Simon, Nikolaus Pevsner: London: The City Churches, Yale University Press, New Haven/London 2002, pp. 49–51
Millar, Stephen: London’s City Churches, Metro Publications, London 2013, pp. 18–22
Tucker, Tony: City of London Churches, Guidelines Books, Stoke-on-Trent 2013, pp. 16–17
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