St Augustine Watling Street

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St Augustine, Watling Street was an Anglican church formerly located just to the east of St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. It was destroyed in the Second World War but its remains now form part of St Paul's Cathedral Choir School.

[edit] History

Its foundation date is unknown, but it is first recorded circa 1148. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 but was rebuilt in the 1680s. The church was constructed in an austere style, with a barrel vault resting on Ionic columns. Its distinctive tower was constructed in the 1690s – it is thought to have been designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor – and was heavily modified in 1830.

The entire church was destroyed in 1941. It was not rebuilt, but as part of the construction works for the new choir school (completed 1967) the tower was reconstructed along its original lines. It is physically incorporated into the concrete building of the choir school, creating a marked contrast between the Baroque tower and the modernist school building.

[edit] See also

• List of churches and cathedrals of London

List of Churches in London, England

Camden All Saints, Camden Town · St. George's, Bloomsbury · St Giles in the fields · St John's Chapel, Bedford Row · St Pancras New Church · St Pancras Old Church · Whitefield's Tabernacle, Tottenham Court Road · St Michael's Church, Camden Town  City of London All Hallows-by-the-Tower · All Hallows-on-the-Wall · All Hallows, Staining · Christ Church, Greyfriars · St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe · St Andrew, Holborn · St Andrew Undershaft · St Anne and St Agnes · St Augustine, Watling Street · St Bartholomew-the-Great · St Bartholomew-the-Less · St Benet, Paul's Wharf · St Botolph's Aldgate · St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate · St Bride's, Fleet Street · St Clement, Eastcheap · St Dunstan-in-the-East · St Dunstan-in-the-West · St Edmund, King & Martyr · St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate · St Etheldreda, Ely Place · St Giles' Cripplegate · St Helen's, Bishopsgate · St James, Garlickhythe · St Katherine Cree · St Lawrence Jewry · St Leonard, Foster Lane · St Magnus the Martyr · St Margaret Lothbury · St Margaret Pattens · St Martin, Ludgate · St Mary Abchurch · St Mary Aldermary · St Mary-at-Hill · St Mary-le-Bow · St Mary Moorfields · St Mary Woolnoth · St Michael, Cornhill · St Michael, Paternoster Royal · St Nicholas, Cole Abbey · St Olave, Hart Street · St Peter upon Cornhill · St Sepulchre-without-Newgate · St Stephen Walbrook · St Vedast alias Foster · Temple Church  The East End Christ Church, Spitalfields · Church of Good Shepherd · St Anne's, Limehouse · St Dunstan's, Stepney · Abney Park Chapel · St George in the East · Trinity Independent Chapel  Greenwich St Alfege's Church  Fulham Our Lady Of Perpetual Help  Islington St Mary Magdalene Church  Kensington & Chelsea Brompton Oratory · Chelsea Old Church (All Saints) · St Luke, Chelsea, Sydney Street · Holy Redeemer and St Thomas Moore, Cheyne Row · Holy Trinity Brompton · St Barnabas, Kensington · St Columba's, Pont Street · St Mary Abbots, Kensington  Rotherhithe St Mary, Rotherhithe · Finnish Church and Seamen's Mission · Norwegian Church  Southwark St George the Martyr · Metropolitan Tabernacle  Tower Hamlets St Mary’s, Bow  City of Westminster All Saints, Margaret Street · All Souls, Langham Place · Crown Court Church · St Clement Danes · St George's, Hanover Square · St James's, Piccadilly · St Margaret's, Westminster · St Martin-in-the-Fields · St Mary-le-Strand · St Paul's, Covent Garden · Swedish Church

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