nave & screen, St Margarets Lothbury
The earliest mention of St Margaret Lothbury is from 1185. The church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and rebuilt by the office of Sir Christopher Wren from 1686 to 1690.
The church has exceptionally fine 17th-century woodwork from other now-demolished Wren churches. Among the best are the reredos, communion rails and baptismal font, which are thought to be by Grinling Gibbons from St Olave, Old Jewry, the pulpit sounding board and the rood screen from All-Hallows-the-Great. Two paintings of Moses and Aaron flank the high altar, and came from St Christopher le Stocks when it was demolished in 1781. The organ was built by George Pike England in 1801. It was restored in 1984, stands in its original case and contains nearly all its original pipework.
nave & screen, St Margarets Lothbury
The earliest mention of St Margaret Lothbury is from 1185. The church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and rebuilt by the office of Sir Christopher Wren from 1686 to 1690.
The church has exceptionally fine 17th-century woodwork from other now-demolished Wren churches. Among the best are the reredos, communion rails and baptismal font, which are thought to be by Grinling Gibbons from St Olave, Old Jewry, the pulpit sounding board and the rood screen from All-Hallows-the-Great. Two paintings of Moses and Aaron flank the high altar, and came from St Christopher le Stocks when it was demolished in 1781. The organ was built by George Pike England in 1801. It was restored in 1984, stands in its original case and contains nearly all its original pipework.