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Key Image St Botolph-without-Aldgate
Aldgate High Street
EC3N 1AB London (City of London)
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: St Botolph, Aldgate, and Holy Trinity, Minories (Diocese of London, Archdeaconry of London, The City)
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.51406° N, 0.07647° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1744
Architectural style: Neo-classical
Building type: Single-nave church
Description: Neo-classical single-nave church, restored in the Arts and Crafts style, side galleries, oriented towards north, tower over south portal
Name derivation: From St Botolph (patron saint of the travellers) and its location just outside the city gate.
Organ
  • Built in 1676, reworked 1702–05 by Renatus Harris, reworked again 1774 by John Byfield, 2006 renewed by Goetz & Gwynn; oldest playable church organ in England
Noteworthy
  • Sword rest (18th cent.)
  • Reredos with batik wand hangings (Thetis Blacker, 1982)
History:
1418:   Enlargement of the Anglo-Saxon precursor church
1739:   Demolition of the precursor church
1744:   Completion of the new building (George Dance the Elder)
1895:   Completion of the seven-year restoration (J. F. Bentley)
1966:   Restoration after fire damage (Rodney Thatchell, J. S. Comper)
Important persons:
Architect:  Dance, George, the Elder (1695–1768, English architect, surveyor in London)
Organ builder:  Harris, Renatus (1652–1724, English master organ builder)
Patron:  Botolph (d. c. 680, first abbot of Icanhoe (today probably Boston < “Botulfstown”), Lincolnshire, England)
Sources
Bradley, Simon, Nikolaus Pevsner: London: The City Churches, Yale University Press, New Haven/London 2002, pp. 72–74
St Botolph-without-Aldgate: Infoblatt in der Kirche St Botolph-without-Aldgate
Tucker, Tony: City of London Churches, Guidelines Books, Stoke-on-Trent 2013, pp. 36–37
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