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| Essential Architecture- London St. Antholin Demolished 1875 | |
architect | Sir Christopher Wren |
location | Watling Street |
date | 1678 to 1691 |
style | late English Renaissance to NeoBaroque |
construction | masonry- dome peaks at 366 feet |
type | Church |
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| Church demolished 1874-6. Spire top now at Sydenham | |
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| Two views of the tower of St Antholin; one of the tower erected in 1685, the other of a design of 1875. Between the two is a plan of the church. | |
| 1119 Church first recorded. c.1400 Church rebuilt. 1552 Record of 5 bells and 2 sanctus bells ("v bells one greater than another and ij smalle sanctus belles"). 1578-9 A "small bell for morninge service" was purchased from Whitechapel and hung in the tower. It weighed 1-2-16. 1599-1600 A bell may have been recast. 1607-8 The tenor and the sanctus bell were recast. The frame was repaired by Philip Walton, Carpenter. 1625-6 The tenor was again recast and other work took place in the tower. 1649-50 The tenor was recorded as being "in danger of falling", so it was taken down. 1651-2 The tenor was recast by William Eldridge and hung by Mr Turner. The bells were "tewned" by Mr Blackwell. 1666 Church destroyed in the Great Fire. 1668-9 The bell metal and lead from the church roof was removed and stored. 1672 31 cwt of bell metal was sold and a new bell was purchased from Mr Hudson. 1678-84 Church rebuilt by Wren, his finest parish church. 1687-88 Spire added. 1708 Record of 1 bell. 1714 Record of 1 bell. 1717 2 bells cast by Richard Phelps. 1874 Church demolished under the Union of Benefices Act (a protest temporarily saved the tower). 1876 Tower demolished. A memorial to it stood on the site: it is now in St Mary Aldermary. The spire was sold to a gentleman at Sydenham for £50. The top part of it still stands in Sydenham. 1878 11th May The successor church of St Antholin, Nunhead was consecrated. The 2 bells from the city church were transferred here. 1925 Tenor recast at Whitechapel at a cost of £69.9s.7d. 1940 27th/28th Dec. Church gutted by incendiaries. 1957 Bells taken down and rehung on RSJs in the angle between two walls by Mears & Stainbank. 1957 12th Oct. Church reconsecrated and the name was changed to St Anthony. 2001 Parish united with that of St Silas, Peckham Rye (St Silas church was demolished). 2003 A new church (Ss Anthony and Silas, Nunhead) was built on the old St Silas Site. It has a stone clad steel tower wherein the two bells were rehung "dead" for electrical operation. The work was carried out by Hayward Mills Associates. | |
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