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Key Image St Andrew Undershaft
St Mary Axe
EC3A 8BN London (City of London)
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: St. Helen, Bishopsgate with St. Andrew Undershaft etc. (Diocese of London, Archdeaconry of London, The City)
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.51375° N, 0.08106° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1532
Architectural style: Gothic
Building type: Basilica
Description: Six-aisled basilica in the Gothic Perpendicular style with south-west tower
Name derivation: From a May pole that towered over the church (destroyed during an insurgence in 1517 as a pagan symbol). Today the “Gherkin” skyscraper towers over the church …
Organ
  • Built c. 1690 by Renatus Harris
History:
12th cent.:   First mention of a precursor church
15th cent.:   Construction of the tower (still standing)
1532:   Completion of the current church (begun in 1530; largely undamaged by the Great Fire of London and the two World Wars)
1992:   Damaged by an IRA bomb
Important persons:
Organ builder:  Harris, Renatus (1652–1724, English master organ builder)
Patron:  Andrew (?–60, apostle, bishop of Patras, martyr)
Sources
Kenyon, Nicholas (Hg.): The City of London – Architectural Tradition & Innovation in the Square Mile, Thames & Hudson, London 2012
Tucker, Tony: City of London Churches, Guidelines Books, Stoke-on-Trent 2013, pp. 22–23
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