St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe

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St Andrew by the Wardrobe

St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe (formerly St Andrew by Castle Baynard ) is a Church of England church on Queen Victoria Street in the City of London , near Blackfriars Station .

history

It was first mentioned in 1170. However, the church is certainly older. The original name was St Andrew by Castle Baynard . In the 13th century the church was part of Baynard's Castle , an old royal residence. 1361 moved Edward III. his Royal Wardrobe (a warehouse for weapons, robes, etc.) from the Tower of London to a building north of the church. The name of the church that is common today comes from this time.

However, both wardrobe and church fell victim to the Great Fire of London in 1666. Sir Christopher Wren built 51 churches after the Great Fire, and St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe is one of the easiest churches to keep in the work. It was rebuilt in 1695.

During the air raids on London by the German Air Force 1940-1941 it was destroyed again. Only the tower and walls remained. It was then rebuilt and consecrated again in 1961.

Patronage law

The church patronage was formerly with the FitzWalter family . Probably it goes back to acquisitions by Robert Fitzwalter († 1235). He was constable of Baynard's Castle . In 1417 it was owned by Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley († 1417). This is proven by a charter of June 24, 1417, in which he appointed feoffees ( beneficiaries ). Berkeley's Inn, the family townhouse, was nearby, on the south end of Adle Street , across from Puddle Wharf .

building

The steep stairs from the street to the entrance of the church.

St Andrew's is on a terrace above the street, the simple brick exterior contrasts with the stone buildings on either side. The inside is three aisles constructed, wherein the lateral vault as arcades are performed on piers instead of the usual in church columns rest. Most of the original furniture was destroyed during the war. Much of the furnishings come from other ruined churches in London. The weather vane on the church tower is from St Michael Bassishaw (destroyed in 1900). A replacement pulpit came from St Matthew's Church on Friday Street , as did the baptismal font and its lid. The coat of arms of the House of Stuart comes from St Olave Old Jewry (already demolished in 1887). There is a statue of the apostle Andrew (around 1600) and an unusual figure of St. Anne holding the Virgin Mary , who in turn holds the baby Jesus . This statue dates from around 1500 and may have come from northern Italy.

William Shakespeare was a member of the parish as long as he worked at the nearby Blackfriars Theater ; later he bought a house in the Parish, in Ireland Yard . There is a plaque dedicated to Shakespeare in the church today. St Andrews is a guild church of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries .

Sunday services are celebrated by the St. Gregorios Community of the Indian Orthodox Church .

The church was listed on January 4, 1950 with Grade I on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest .

Personalities

  • Guy Treweek (husband of Rachel Treweek , Church of England's first female bishop) was priest-in-charge from 2011 to 2015
  • Luke Miller SSC , Priest-in-charge (2015-2016)
St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe Interior

Individual evidence

  1. ^ N. Pevsner, S. Bradley: London: the City Churches. New Haven, Yale, 1998, ISBN 0-300-09655-0
  2. ^ H. Reynolds: The Churches of the City of London. Bodley Head, London 1922
  3. ^ G. Cobb: The Old Churches of London. Batsford, London 1942
  4. ^ Walter Thornbury: Old & New London. Volume 1, pp. 302-303
  5. ↑ Jeayes Charters, no.581
  6. ^ After John Stow in Survey of London (1598). In: Walter Thornbury: Old & New London. Volume 1, pp. 302-303
  7. ^ John Betjeman : The City of London Churches. Pikin, Andover 1967. ISBN 0-85372-112-2
  8. ↑ C. Hibbert, D. Weinreb, J. Keay: The London Encyclopaedia. Pan Macmillan, London 1983 (rev 1993, 2008), ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5
  9. ↑ Ben Weinreb, Christopher Hibbert: The London Encyclopaedia . Macmillan 1992, p. 774
  10. ^ T. Tucker: The Visitors Guide to the City of London Churches. Friends of the City Churches, London 2006, ISBN 0-9553945-0-3
  11. ↑ Church homepage 2009.
  12. ↑ No. 199712 2009.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '44.4 "  N , 0 ° 6' 4.9"  W.