Stiffleaf's photos with the keyword: st.stephen walbrook

built by wren 1672-80, this view will only last until temple court's replacement goes up

wren 1672-9. dome from n.w.

porch of church by wren 1672-9

wren 1672-9, dome from s.w.

wren 1672-9, south face showing how no portland stone was wasted on sides not then visible. this looks like kentish rag and sandstone from the old chur

wren 1672-9, spire completed 1717

wren 1672-9, spire completed 1717

wren 1672-9, spire completed 1717. another ugly box arises behind; these foul things of glass are totally soulless, with hard completely flat shiny walls often lacking any advance or regression, let alone any beauty or humour: that threaten with their size and bulk, proclaiming the power of the moneyed over the individual, and denying our humanity. i find them totally alienating, puffed up with pride and arrogance, and can only think that someone in planning has no aesthetic sense or must have been bribed . how the architects can sleep nights knowing that they are ruining a city i dont know. i thought that the new block opposite st.vedast on cheapside was one of the worst, but i'm running out of superlatives when i see around great st. helen or london wall where they pile pelions of tinted glass on ossas of steel and yet produce nothing worthy of the name of architecture.

wren 1672-9, church from n.e., spire completed 1717