CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1286688
Date first listed: 04-Jan-1950
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CORNHILL EC3
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Location
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CORNHILL EC3
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Greater London Authority
District: City and County of the City of London (London Borough)
National Grid Reference: TQ 32951 81101
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
CORNHILL EC3
1.
5002
(South Side)
Church of St Michael
TQ 3281 SE 10/312 4.1.50.
I
2.
1670 to 77, by Wren. Tower 1715 to 21 by Hawksmoor. Remodelled and refitted circa 1860 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Aisled body with arcades on Doric columns. Plaster vaults. Circular clerestory windows and circular top lights to aisles. West tower, open to church, with vestibule to south and porch, entirely by Scott, to north. Most of exterior is obscured by adjoining buildings. South side of nave of Portland stone with 4 round arched windows filled with C19 tracery. Clerestory rendered with wooden cornice. Tower in gothic style of Portland stone, in 4 main stages. Polygonal turrets with ogee caps. Very rich gothic porch of Portland stone with shafts of polished pink granite to archway and much carving. 1st World War memorial, by Richard Goulden, attached to north-west corner. Small bronze group on narrow stone pedestal. Interior owes nearly as much to Scott as to Wren. Venetian renaissance tracery to windows with fine stained glass. Circular east window above reredos of coloured marble incorporating C17 paintings of Moses and Aaron. Altar rails, tiled pavement to choir, elaborate pulpit and lectern, pews etc all mid C19. C17 marble font on new base and carving of pelican. Good wall memorials.
Listing NGR: TQ3295081099
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 199400
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/77282
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111957
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111954
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111956
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111952
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/11652
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/11653
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/47728
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/11655
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing