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Location: St Stephen Walbrook, City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. (51°30′45.46″N 0°5′23.71″W).
Website: http://ststephenwalbrook.net
Phone: +44 20 7626 9000
St Stephen Walbrook
St Stephen, Walbrook is a church in the City of London, part of the Church of England's Diocese of London. The present domed building was erected to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren following the destruction of its medieval predecessor in the Great Fire of London in 1666. It is located in Walbrook, next to the Mansion House, and near to Bank and Monument Underground stations.
History of St Stephen Walbrook:
The original church of St Stephen stood on the west side of the Walbrook,. a stream running southwards across the City of London from the City Wall near Moorfields to the Thames.
The church was moved to its present site, on the east side of the Walbrook. (later concealed in a culvert) in the fifteenth century. In 1429 Robert Chichely, acting as executor of will of the former Lord Mayor, Sir William Stondon, bought a piece of land on the east side of the Walbrook, and presented it to the parish. Several foundation stones were laid at a ceremony on 11 May 1429, and the church was consecrated ten years later, on 30 April 1439.[5] At 125 feet (38 m) long and, 67 feet (20 m) wide it was considerably larger than the present building.
