MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)'s photos with the keyword: christopher wren

Founded by King Charles II in 1682 and designed by Sir Christopher Wren, the Royal Hospital Chelsea provides permanent accommodation for retired veterans (Chelsea Pensioners -- the ones who wear the red jackets at official events). The buildings are Grade I listed and the gardens Grade II listed.

This plaque is on the line of the east wall of the Christchurch Greyfriars, built by Christopher Wren (1677-1704) and bombed in the blitz of World War II. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/city-gardens/visitor-information/Pages/Christchurch-Greyfriars.aspx

Another Christopher Wren church that was bombed in the blitz. There's now a rose garden where the Christchurch Greyfriars used to be. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/city-gardens/visitor-information/Pages/Christchurch-Greyfriars.aspx

Another Christopher Wren church that was bombed in the blitz. There's now a rose garden where the church used to be. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/city-gardens/visitor-information/Pages/Christchurch-Greyfriars.aspx

Christopher Wren's St Mary at Hill Church with the Walkie Talkie looming over it.

A very cool insect house in the garden of St Dunstan in the East. Each chamber contains material that makes for good insect nesting places.

The ruins of St Dunstan in the East are now a lovely, quiet public garden.

More info about the church here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Dunstan-in-the-East

The ruins of St Dunstan in the East are now a lovely, quiet public garden.

The ruins of St Dunstan in the East are now a lovely, quiet public garden.

The ruins of St Dunstan in the East are now a lovely, quiet public garden.

The ruins of St Dunstan in the East are now a lovely, quiet public garden.

German bombs took out the roof of the church in the blitz, leaving the tower and steeple along with parts of the exterior walls.

Molly took this photo as Spooner explained the piss trough to me. The center course of bricks fills a space that was once an open sewer. People used to dump their slop buckets into it from the windows and balconies above. That's the Lovat Lane facade of St Mary at Hill just beyond the bicycle on the right. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Designed by Christopher Wren, 1666. This building, reputed to have been from designs by Sir Christopher Wren, was erected as a church by Lord Hatton to serve the needs of the neighbourhood after St Andrews Holborn had been destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. It was adapted for use as a charity school about 1696, was severely damaged by an incendiary bomb during the 1939-45 war and has since been reconstructed internally to provide offices. The original facades have been restored. The figures in eighteenth century costumes were taken down and sent for safe keeping during the war to Bradfield College, Berkshire. They were replaced in their original positions as a memorial to the former use of the building. knowledgeoflondon.com/schools.html See where this picture was taken. [?]