St James Garlickhythe

Rebuilt by Wren's office between 1676 and 1683 on Garlick Hill, this was among the least damaged of the City churches in the Second World War. The ceiling is the highest in the City after St Paul's and the amount of daylight admitted earned it the nickname Wren's lantern. The cross-axial plan Wren used here, repeated at St Magnus the Martyr and St Martin Ludgate, was obscured by Basil Champneys's renovation of 1866, whose stained glass was taken out after the war.

State today

In use

Listed status

Grade I

Year rebuilt

1676

Denomination

Anglican

Architect

Christopher Wren

Website

www.stjamesgarlickhythe.org/

Category: Culture & History

Tags: wren, garlick-hill, interior, anglo-catholic

Coordinates: 51.5111223, -0.0936584

Part of Christopher Wren's churches in the City of London

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