St Peter Cornhill, London
Of all Wren's City of London churches St Peter Cornhill is one of the least visited, being almost always locked outside services and only accessible by appointment. Fortunately a friend organised exactly that as part of a Flickrmeet in the heart of London, and the church was revealed to be a bit of an Aladdin's Cave of glass and furnishings.
The exterior is difficult to appreciate being tucked away in a courtyard beyond the street, whilst inside many furnishings survive despite the loss of the pews. One of the special qualities of this church is that it escaped the Blitz unscathed (unlike so many of its brethren) and even retains its Victorian glass (for good or for bad) which being so heavy and dark makes one realise how differently many of Wren's better known interiors must have looked prior to the almost wholesale removal of pre-war glass by wartime bombing elsewhere in the city.
St Peter Cornhill, London
Of all Wren's City of London churches St Peter Cornhill is one of the least visited, being almost always locked outside services and only accessible by appointment. Fortunately a friend organised exactly that as part of a Flickrmeet in the heart of London, and the church was revealed to be a bit of an Aladdin's Cave of glass and furnishings.
The exterior is difficult to appreciate being tucked away in a courtyard beyond the street, whilst inside many furnishings survive despite the loss of the pews. One of the special qualities of this church is that it escaped the Blitz unscathed (unlike so many of its brethren) and even retains its Victorian glass (for good or for bad) which being so heavy and dark makes one realise how differently many of Wren's better known interiors must have looked prior to the almost wholesale removal of pre-war glass by wartime bombing elsewhere in the city.