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	St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate Bishopsgate EC2M 3TL London (City of London) United Kingdom
Denomination:	Anglican
Congregation:	St Botolph without Bishopsgate (Diocese of London, Archdeaconry of London, The City)
Geogr. Coordinates:	51.51672° N, 0.08164° W
Reference year:	1728
Architectural style:	Neo-classical
Building type:	Hall church
Description:	Neo-classical hall church with east tower.
Name derivation:	From St Botolph (patron saint of the travellers) and its location just outside the former city gates.


Building material	Bricks, street (east) façade in stone.
Outside facilities	Ensemble of the former cemetery (converted into a garden) and adjacent school building (St Botolph’s Hall, today congregation hall)


Organ	Built in 1764 by John Byfield

History:

1212:	First mention of an Anglo-Saxon precursor church (probably on the site of Christian building from the Roman period)
1728:	Completion of the current building after a three-year construction period (architect James Go[u]ld)
1863:	Cemetery converted to garden
1948:	Restoration after light bomb damage during World War II
24/04/1993:	Severely damaged by an IRA bomb
1997:	Reopening after restoration

Important persons:

Namenspatron:

Botolph (d. c. 680, first abbot of Icanhoe (today probably Boston < “Botulfstown”), Lincolnshire, England)

Sources

St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate: Informationsblatt in der Kirche

Tucker, Tony: City of London Churches, Guidelines Books, Stoke-on-Trent 2013, pp. 38–39