Christ Church Greyfriars

E391389

former church memorial garden ruin

Christ Church Greyfriars is a historic former church in the City of London, largely destroyed in the Blitz and now preserved as a memorial garden and architectural ruin.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Christ Church Greyfriars canonical	2
Christ Church Greyfriars (ruined church and tower)	1
Christ Church, Greyfriars	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former church ⓘ memorial garden ⓘ ruin ⓘ
administrativeArea	Corporation of London ⓘ surface form: City of London Corporation
alsoKnownAs	Christ Church, Newgate Street, London ⓘ surface form: Christ Church Newgate Street Christ Church Greyfriars ⓘ surface form: Christ Church, Greyfriars
architect	Christopher Wren ⓘ surface form: Sir Christopher Wren
category	Christopher Wren church buildings in London ⓘ gardens in the City of London ⓘ ruined churches in London ⓘ
country	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse	public garden ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Christ
denomination	Church of England ⓘ
destroyedDuring	The Blitz ⓘ
gardenDesign	reflects former church floor plan ⓘ
governingBody	Corporation of London ⓘ surface form: City of London Corporation
hasCoordinateLocation	51.515°N 0.098°W ⓘ
hasMemorial	Blitz victims ⓘ
hasPart	church tower ⓘ memorial garden ⓘ ruined nave walls ⓘ
hasSurvivingElement	portions of outer walls ⓘ west tower ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed church ruin ⓘ
heritageRegister	National Heritage List for England entry ⓘ surface form: National Heritage List for England
heritageStatus	Grade I listed building ⓘ
historicalUse	parish church ⓘ
isPartOf	Wren churches in the City of London ⓘ
locatedIn	Greater London ⓘ St Paul's Cathedral area ⓘ surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral area
locatedOn	Newgate Street ⓘ
location	City of London ⓘ
nearbyLandmark	St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral
nearbyStreet	King Edward Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
originalOrder	Franciscan friary ⓘ
partOf	Diocese of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
rebuiltAfter	Great Fire of London ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Anglican ⓘ
style	English Baroque architecture ⓘ
sufferedEvent	World War II bombing ⓘ
towerUse	incorporated into residential development ⓘ
wasBombedIn	1940 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christ Church, Newgate Street, London → parish → Christ Church Greyfriars ⓘ

Christopher Wren churches in London → hasPart → Christ Church Greyfriars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christ Church Greyfriars (ruined church and tower)

Newgate Street → near → Christ Church Greyfriars ⓘ

Christ Church Greyfriars → alsoKnownAs → Christ Church Greyfriars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christ Church, Greyfriars