The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . age of this living upon the new dio-cesan. The see of Westminster, however, was dissolvedsoon afterwards, and St. Martins was granted by QueenMary in 1553, to the Bishop of London and his present rector is the Rev. John Batt Bingham, M. A. The following engraving affords a representation of thesouth front of the church as it was erected by Sir Chris-topher Wren, after the destruction of the old building bythe fire of 1666. In order to widen the street, the churchwras set farther
The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . age of this living upon the new dio-cesan. The see of Westminster, however, was dissolvedsoon afterwards, and St. Martins was granted by QueenMary in 1553, to the Bishop of London and his present rector is the Rev. John Batt Bingham, M. A. The following engraving affords a representation of thesouth front of the church as it was erected by Sir Chris-topher Wren, after the destruction of the old building bythe fire of 1666. In order to widen the street, the churchwras set farther back, and all projections from the face ofthe building avoided. The elevation is not in any wayremarkable for beauty. The tower rising from the ground in the centre of thedesign is rendered pyramidical in its upper part, by theintroduction of two large scrolls connecting with it the two 1 These books commence as early as the year 1410. ST. MARTINS, LUDGATE. 3 side walls. A small cupola surmounts the tower witha gallery around the top of it, and from this rises a lightspire supported upon Between Ludgate Street, and the body of the church, isan ambulatory, or lobby, the whole depth of the tower, andwhich has the effect of lessening within the church, thesound of passing coaches. The church itself is a cube ofnearly equal Four composite columns within the The length is 57 feet, the breadth 66 feet, and height 59 feet. Thesteeple is 168 feet high. Hugh sons London. The cost of the churchwas £5378. 18s. 8d. 4 ST. MARTINS, LUDGATE. area, standing on high plinths, and supporting entablatureswhich proceed from pilasters against the walls, form it intoa Greek cross,—that is to say, a cross, of which the armsare nearly The organ is in a small balcony at the westend; the altar-piece is plain, and consists of pilasters,entablature, and pediment, of oak. A sculptured white marble font, the gift of ThomasMorley, Esq., born in this parish, 1673, stands in thenorth
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