St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London
On the south section of the east wall. The main figure is St Clement, the patron saint of sailors. On either side of him are the arms of the Corporation of Trinity House London and the Royal Coat of arms. By Goddard & Gibbs, signed in the bottom right.
The inscription along the bottom of this window reads, "The Glory of God in grateful remembrance of those associated with the Corporation of Trinity House London who laid down their lives in the two World Wars 1914 - 1918 : 1939 - 1945"
Trinity House Chapel, east war memorial window, by Arthur Buss of Goddard Gibbs : detail
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St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London.
Grade I listed
List Entry Number: 1064676
Detail
HART STREET EC3 1. 5002 (South Side) Church of St Olave (Formerly listed as remains of Church of St Olave) TQ 3380 NW 17/483 4.1.50.
I
2. C15 incorporating crypt and other work of late C13. Timber roof destroyed in World War II and renewed. Nearly square body with north and south aisles of 3 bays. Clerestory. Westward extension of nave and south-west tower. C19 (?) south porch and south-east vestry added in 1661. Exterior of squared rubble, much repaired. Shaped coping to parapets. Clerestory, north aisle etc now of Portland stone. Tower has octagonal turret to south-west and upper stage of yellow brick dating from 1731 to 32 by J Widdows (?) Round-arched windows with circular openings above. Stone cornice with parapet. Octagonal timber lantern with domed copper roof. Bracketed clock to east. Interior has unplastered rubble walls. Fittings include late C17 pulpit, communion rails,sword rests etc. Mid C18 communion table. Modern west gallery and organ. Good monuments. Vestry of brick, now cemented, with slated roof and south gable. Interior retains original panelling and plaster ceiling.
Listing NGR: TQ3337180856
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064676
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St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London.
St Olave Hart Street is a Church of England church in the City of London, located on the corner of Hart Street and Seething Lane near Fenchurch Street railway station.
John Betjeman described St Olave’s as 'a country church in the world of Seething Lane.' The church is one of the smallest in the City and is one of only a handful of medieval City churches that escaped the Great Fire of London in 1666.
Style is Perpendicular Gothic.
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St Olave’s survives as a rare example of the mediaeval churches that existed before the Great Fire of London in 1666. The flames came within 100 metres or so of the building but then the wind changed direction, saving a number of churches on the eastern side of the City.
The church was severely damaged in the bombing of World War II, but enough of the fabric and original masonry was spared to permit the building to be lovingly restored in the 1950s and to continue its life and work into the second half of the 20th century and now the 21st.
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The Church is one of the smallest in the City and one of only a few to survive the Great Fire in 1666.
It is dedicated to the patron saint of Norway, King Olaf II, who fought alongside the Anglo-Saxon king Ethelred the Unready.
The church is documented from the late 12th century, and is dedicated to the patron saint of Norway and was rebuilt again in the 15th century. The church survived the Great Fire but was heavily damaged during the Blitz in 1941 and restored in the mid 1950s. The Church itself is Listed Grade I, with the mid 17th century entrance gate on Seething Lane and 18th century wall and railings Grade II*. Charles Dickens referred to the church as ‘St Ghastly Grim’ because of the macabre ornamentation above the church gateway. The most famous person buried at St Olave Church is the diarist Samuel Pepys (1633-1703).
It is also the last resting place of the 16th century botanist, William Turner, known as ‘the father of English botany’ and the recent garden re-planting includes plants associated with him including Artemisia arbrotanum, Vinca minor, Anemone nemorosa, Cornus sanguinea, Camellia sinensis, Polygonum bistorta and Lavandula spica.
The re-furbished garden includes a pavement labyrinth which has a Jerusalem Cross as its centrepiece.
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/city-ga...
St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London
On the south section of the east wall. The main figure is St Clement, the patron saint of sailors. On either side of him are the arms of the Corporation of Trinity House London and the Royal Coat of arms. By Goddard & Gibbs, signed in the bottom right.
The inscription along the bottom of this window reads, "The Glory of God in grateful remembrance of those associated with the Corporation of Trinity House London who laid down their lives in the two World Wars 1914 - 1918 : 1939 - 1945"
Trinity House Chapel, east war memorial window, by Arthur Buss of Goddard Gibbs : detail
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St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London.
Grade I listed
List Entry Number: 1064676
Detail
HART STREET EC3 1. 5002 (South Side) Church of St Olave (Formerly listed as remains of Church of St Olave) TQ 3380 NW 17/483 4.1.50.
I
2. C15 incorporating crypt and other work of late C13. Timber roof destroyed in World War II and renewed. Nearly square body with north and south aisles of 3 bays. Clerestory. Westward extension of nave and south-west tower. C19 (?) south porch and south-east vestry added in 1661. Exterior of squared rubble, much repaired. Shaped coping to parapets. Clerestory, north aisle etc now of Portland stone. Tower has octagonal turret to south-west and upper stage of yellow brick dating from 1731 to 32 by J Widdows (?) Round-arched windows with circular openings above. Stone cornice with parapet. Octagonal timber lantern with domed copper roof. Bracketed clock to east. Interior has unplastered rubble walls. Fittings include late C17 pulpit, communion rails,sword rests etc. Mid C18 communion table. Modern west gallery and organ. Good monuments. Vestry of brick, now cemented, with slated roof and south gable. Interior retains original panelling and plaster ceiling.
Listing NGR: TQ3337180856
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064676
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St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London.
St Olave Hart Street is a Church of England church in the City of London, located on the corner of Hart Street and Seething Lane near Fenchurch Street railway station.
John Betjeman described St Olave’s as 'a country church in the world of Seething Lane.' The church is one of the smallest in the City and is one of only a handful of medieval City churches that escaped the Great Fire of London in 1666.
Style is Perpendicular Gothic.
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St Olave’s survives as a rare example of the mediaeval churches that existed before the Great Fire of London in 1666. The flames came within 100 metres or so of the building but then the wind changed direction, saving a number of churches on the eastern side of the City.
The church was severely damaged in the bombing of World War II, but enough of the fabric and original masonry was spared to permit the building to be lovingly restored in the 1950s and to continue its life and work into the second half of the 20th century and now the 21st.
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The Church is one of the smallest in the City and one of only a few to survive the Great Fire in 1666.
It is dedicated to the patron saint of Norway, King Olaf II, who fought alongside the Anglo-Saxon king Ethelred the Unready.
The church is documented from the late 12th century, and is dedicated to the patron saint of Norway and was rebuilt again in the 15th century. The church survived the Great Fire but was heavily damaged during the Blitz in 1941 and restored in the mid 1950s. The Church itself is Listed Grade I, with the mid 17th century entrance gate on Seething Lane and 18th century wall and railings Grade II*. Charles Dickens referred to the church as ‘St Ghastly Grim’ because of the macabre ornamentation above the church gateway. The most famous person buried at St Olave Church is the diarist Samuel Pepys (1633-1703).
It is also the last resting place of the 16th century botanist, William Turner, known as ‘the father of English botany’ and the recent garden re-planting includes plants associated with him including Artemisia arbrotanum, Vinca minor, Anemone nemorosa, Cornus sanguinea, Camellia sinensis, Polygonum bistorta and Lavandula spica.
The re-furbished garden includes a pavement labyrinth which has a Jerusalem Cross as its centrepiece.
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/city-ga...