St Antholin's Church
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St Antholin's Church

London, City of London, Greater London, England

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St Antholin, Budge Row, or St Antholin, Watling Street, was a church, first recorded in 1119, in the City of London. After its destruction in the Great Fire of London of 1666, it was rebuilt to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren at a cost of £5,685, paid for from the coal tax, and from contributions.



The church was on the north side of Budge Row (which no longer exists), at the corner of Sise Lane in Cordwainer Ward. It was originally known as St Anthony's, or St Anthonine's It was dedicated to St Anthony the Great.



In 1829, the upper part of the spire was replaced, and the portion removed, with its dragon's head weathervane, was sold for £5 to Robert Harrild, a printer, who had it erected on his property, Round Hill House in Sydenham, now London SE26. It remains there today, surrounded by modern houses.



The 17th-century building was demolished in 1874. At this time many bodies were disinterred from the crypt and reburied at Brookwood Cemetery. The proceeds from the sale of the site came to £44,990. Some of this went towards the building of the new church of St Antholin in Nunhead, Peckham, South London in 1878.





St Antholin, Budge Row, or St Antholin, Watling Street, was a church, first recorded in 1119, in the City of London. After its destruction in the Great Fire of London of 1666, it was rebuilt to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren at a cost of £5,685, paid for from the coal tax, and from contributions.



The church was on the north side of Budge Row (which no longer exists), at the corner of Sise Lane in Cordwainer Ward. It was originally known as St Anthony's, or St Anthonine's It was dedicated to St Anthony the Great.



In 1829, the upper part of the spire was replaced, and the portion removed, with its dragon's head weathervane, was sold for £5 to Robert Harrild, a printer, who had it erected on his property, Round Hill House in Sydenham, now London SE26. It remains there today, surrounded by modern houses.



The 17th-century building was demolished in 1874. At this time many bodies were disinterred from the crypt and reburied at Brookwood Cemetery. The proceeds from the sale of the site came to £44,990. Some of this went towards the building of the new church of St Antholin in Nunhead, Peckham, South London in 1878.





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