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	St Margaret Lothbury Lothbury EC2R 7HH London (City of London) United Kingdom
Denomination:	Anglican
Geogr. Coordinates:	51.51486° N, 0.08881° W
Reference year:	1692
Architectural style:	Neo-classical
Building type:	Single-nave church
Description:	Neo-classical single-nave church with irregular floor plan, additional south aisle and a south-west tower over the portal; so-called “bankers’ church” for its location on the back side of the Bank of England
Name derivation:	From St Margaret of Antioch and its location in the street „Lothbury“


Organ	Built in 1801 by G. P. England, 1983–84 restored by Bishop & Son
Noteworthy	Interior furnishings from various churches, which had been demolished by the Church of England during the 19th century (e. g. rood screen by Wren from All Hallows the Great, font from St Olave Jewry)

History:

1185:	First mention of a precursor church
1441:	Rebuilding
Sep 1666:	Destroyed in the Great Fire of London
1692:	Reconstruction by Christopher Wren (begun 1683)
1700:	Completion of the tower, probably by Robert Hooke

Important persons:

Architect:	Wren, Christopher (1632–1723, British astronomer and architect) Hooke, Robert (1635–1703, English natural philosopher, architect and polymath, Surveyor to the City of London after the Great Fire of London)
Patron:	Margaret of Antioch (d. 305, virgin and martyr, revered as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers)

Sources

Bradley, Simon, Nikolaus Pevsner: London: The City Churches, Yale University Press, New Haven/London 2002, pp. 99–101

Kenyon, Nicholas (Hg.): The City of London – Architectural Tradition & Innovation in the Square Mile, Thames & Hudson, London 2012, pp. 248–249

Millar, Stephen: London’s City Churches, Metro Publications, London 2013, pp. 106–107