Christ Church, Newgate Street, London

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Anglican church Church of England church Wren church church in the City of London former church building

Christ Church, Newgate Street, London was a historic Anglican church in the City of London, notable for its Wren-designed rebuilding after the Great Fire and later destruction in the Blitz.

Aliases (1)

Christ Church, Newgate Street ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican church → Church of England church → Wren church → church in the City of London → former church building →
architect	Christopher Wren →
associatedWith	Franciscan Order → Greyfriars →
builtOnSiteOf	Franciscan friary church → Greyfriars, London →
cemeteryUse	burial ground for parishioners →
churchmanship	Church of England →
city	London →
country	United Kingdom →
currentFunction	historic monument →
currentStatus	partially surviving structure →
damagedBy	German bombing →
dateOfDestruction	1940s →
denomination	Anglican →
designedBy	Christopher Wren →
destroyedDuring	Second World War →
destroyedIn	The Blitz →
diocese	Diocese of London →
hasFeature	classical interior → large round-arched windows → rectangular nave → steeple → west tower →
heritageStatus	Grade I listed building →
heritageStatusAppliesTo	tower and west wall →
liturgicalTradition	Anglican →
locatedIn	City of London → London →
locatedOn	Newgate Street →
material	Portland stone →
medievalPredecessor	Greyfriars church →
notableFor	Wren-designed rebuilding after the Great Fire of London → destruction in the Blitz →
parish	Christ Church Greyfriars →
postFireRebuildingProgram	Commission for Building Fifty New Churches →
postWarStatus	ruin →
postWarUse	public garden →
province	Province of Canterbury →
rebuiltAfter	Great Fire of London →
region	England →
style	English Baroque architecture →
towerUse	incorporated into modern office development →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Richard Baxter → Thomas Pride ("Christ Church, Newgate Street") →	burialPlace