St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe (London)
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Queen Victoria Street
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Grade I Listed (UK), anglican church, 17th century construction

St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe is an Anglican church located on Queen Victoria Street, London in the City of London, near Blackfriars station.
First mentioned around 1170, the church was almost certainly founded considerably earlier; during the 13th century the church was a part of Baynard's Castle, an ancient royal residence. In 1361, Edward III moved his Royal Wardrobe (a storehouse for Royal accoutrements, housing arms and clothing among other personal items of the Crown) from the Tower of London to just north of the church. It was from this association that the church acquired its unique name. The Wardrobe and the church, however, were both lost in the Great Fire of London in 1666. Of the 51 churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren after the Fire, St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe is among the simplest of his designs, rebuilt in 1695 but again destroyed by German bombing in the Second World War, with only the tower and walls surviving. It was re-dedicated in 1961.
www.standrewbythewardrobe.net/
First mentioned around 1170, the church was almost certainly founded considerably earlier; during the 13th century the church was a part of Baynard's Castle, an ancient royal residence. In 1361, Edward III moved his Royal Wardrobe (a storehouse for Royal accoutrements, housing arms and clothing among other personal items of the Crown) from the Tower of London to just north of the church. It was from this association that the church acquired its unique name. The Wardrobe and the church, however, were both lost in the Great Fire of London in 1666. Of the 51 churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren after the Fire, St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe is among the simplest of his designs, rebuilt in 1695 but again destroyed by German bombing in the Second World War, with only the tower and walls surviving. It was re-dedicated in 1961.
www.standrewbythewardrobe.net/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°30'44"N -0°6'4"E
- St Paul's Cathedral 0.2 km
- Southwark Cathedral 1 km
- Westminster Abbey 2.4 km
- The St Marylebone C.E School (Lower School Site) 3.7 km
- Saint James the Less Church, Lancing 77 km
- St Wulfran's Church 78 km
- St Michael & All Angels C Of E Church 78 km
- St Mary's Church 81 km
- Winchester Cathedral 98 km
- Portsmouth Cathedral 107 km
- Blackfriars 0.1 km
- Blackfriars Station 0.3 km
- Inner and Middle Temples 0.6 km
- Inner Temple Gardens 0.6 km
- Temple 0.6 km
- Walled Perimeter of Roman Londinium 0.8 km
- Holborn 1.3 km
- Central London 1.4 km
- Regent’s canal 2.7 km
- Camden Council 5.3 km
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