St Albans, Wood Street, EC2

Here is the tower of the former church, St Albans. It stands firmly in the middle of Wood Street, in the City of London.

This is no longer a church. It’s listed as residential: some lucky person lives in there!

• Foundation:medieval
• Rebuilt 1634
• Burnt down in the Fire of London 1666
• Then rebuilt to a design by Christopher Wren 1685
• Restored to designs by George Gilbert Scott 1858-9
• Pinnacles replaced 1879
• Then destroyed in the Blitz 1940
• Listed Grade II* 1950

Here’s a link with more information about this building, including pictures of what it used ot look like.

St Alban, Wood Street: an old library book and a lonely church tower