The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . fire of 1666, but in the followingcentury had become so much dilapidated through age,that it was found necessary to pull it down. An Act ofParliament was accordingly obtained in 1741, empoweringthe parishioners to raise money by annuities ; and in 1744,the present church represented by the following engraving,was completed. It is a heavy, ugly building, and offersfew points worthy of description ;—contrary to general 1 Stows Survey/ Strypes Edit. B. II. p. It was surrendered to King Henry V
The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . fire of 1666, but in the followingcentury had become so much dilapidated through age,that it was found necessary to pull it down. An Act ofParliament was accordingly obtained in 1741, empoweringthe parishioners to raise money by annuities ; and in 1744,the present church represented by the following engraving,was completed. It is a heavy, ugly building, and offersfew points worthy of description ;—contrary to general 1 Stows Survey/ Strypes Edit. B. II. p. It was surrendered to King Henry VIII. Feb. 4, Strype, speaking of the church as it appeared in his time, says, Thesteeple is towered with spires at each corner, a seemly lanthorn standing inthe middle. ST. BOTOLPHS, ALDGATE. 3 custom, it stands north and south, the former being thealtar-end. The south, or entrance front, in AldgateHigh Street, presents a brick tower with rusticated angles,surmounted by a small spire rising from a Therest of the building is of brick, with stone rustics roundthe window In the interior, the church is divided into nave andailes by heavy piers supporting Tuscan columns at verywide intervals, which latter go directly up to the flatceiling that covers the whole area. There is a cumbrous 1 This spire was lowered in 1797. Allens London. Vol. III. p. 711. 4 ST. BOTOLPHS, ALDGATE. gallery round three sides of the church, and at the southend there is a second gallery for the children of Sir JohnCass free school, founded by him in 1710,1 and for thechildren of the first protestant parochial school which wasfounded in this parish by Sir Samuel Starling, Aldermanof Portsoken A tablet in this gallery recordsthat the organ was y gift of Mr. Thomas Whiting, tothe hole parrish, 1676. The altar-piece consists of Corinthian columns and en-tablature-supporting a circular pediment, and surmountedby the Royal Arms. The wall above is ornamented bypaintings of very o
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