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	Guild Church of St Martin Within Ludgate 40 Ludgate Hill EC4M 7DE London (City of London) United Kingdom
Denomination:	Anglican
Congregation:	Guild Church of St Martin Within Ludgate (Diocese of London, Archdeaconry of London, The City)
Geogr. Coordinates:	51.51416° N, 0.10195° W
Reference year:	1686
Architectural style:	Baroque
Building type:	Single-nave church
Description:	Rectangular Baroque church by Christopher Wren in the shape of a Greek cross, the nave being wider than long
Name derivation:	From its location just within the city wall near the Ludgate


Building material	Portland Stone (tower) and brick


Font	17th cent. marble font with a Greek palindrome (“NIYON ANOMHMA MH MONAN OYIN” - “Cleanse my sins, not only my face”)
Organ	Organ built in 1848 by Theodore Bates, Ludgate Hill
Noteworthy	Stucco entablature in the interior

History:

1174:	First written record of the precursor church
1437:	Reconstruction
Sep 1666:	Destruction during the Great Fire of London
1686:	Completion of the nine-year reconstruction period (architect Christopher Wren)
1894:	Interior refurbished
1941:	Minor damage by an incendiary bomb during World War II
1954:	Rededication as a Guild Church without a parish of its own
1990:	Restoration

Important persons:

Architect:	Wren, Christopher (1632–1723, British astronomer and architect)
P:	Martin (316/17–397, bishop of Tours)

Sources

Betjeman, John: City of London Churches, Pitkin Guides, Stroud 1993

Guild Church of St Martin Within Ludgate: Informationsblatt St Martin-within-Ludgate, London

Tucker, Tony: City of London Churches, Guidelines Books, Stoke-on-Trent 2013, pp. 66–67