St Dunstan-in-the-West

Main portal in Fleet Street

St Dunstan -in-the West is a 1830-33 rebuilt in the Gothic style Anglican church, which is located in London's Fleet Street. To distinguish them from the end of the 17th century by Christopher Wren rebuilt church of St Dunstan - in-the- East, named after Dunstan of Canterbury Church is referred to by the words " in the West". St Dunstan - in-the- West is since 1950 listed building ( Grade I Listed Building )

History

The present building is directly north of the original medieval church at this location. The first church was built in the 10th or 11th century, the building is first recorded in 1170. Though the Church in the great London fire of 1666 was just saved, the original building was rebuilt in the 19th century.

St Dunstan is the last of the medieval churches of the City of London, which was rebuilt in modern times. In order to give more room to a street, the location was shifted slightly.

The 1944 by German bombers damaged tower was built in 1950 by a generous donation from the newspaper 's founder William Berry, Viscount Camrose, again. Since 1952, St Dunstan dedicated as " Guild Church " ( guild, guild or church) to the people who work in Fleet Street.

St Dunstan -in-the -West is today the only church in England that uses their building together with a Romanian Orthodox church. In the chapel on the left of the high altar is a native of the Bucharest Anthimkloster iconostasis.

Architecture

The octagonal floor plan with focus on the center, the architect John Shaw used due to the shortage of space is fairly uncommon in the 19th century and refers, as well as the prominent tower and the clad brick walls on the architecture of Christopher Wren. The tower of limestone from Ketton, in whose basement is also the main entrance of the church, crowned by a delicate lantern Perpendicular - a copy of the lantern tower of the medieval church of All Saints, Pavement, York. Right of the tower is a large, 1671 -made clock attached that protrudes beneath a shrine in which two on bells -hitting men are shown. Further to the right, not right at the church building stands in a wall niche is a statue Elizabeth I. Both the shrine and the statue are from the 1760 aborted near the city gate ( Ludgate ). In addition to the main entrance in the tower, the church is also accessible from the west of Clifford 's Inn Passage.

The octagonal interior flows diagonally into four arched niches with rib vaults, the altar area in the north, and the west entrance and access to the sacristy in the east, however, are vaulted with ogival tons. About the central main room of the church arches above the clerestory windows with eight identical a stellar vault.

Equipment

The organ was built in 1905 by organ builder Halliday, and rebuilt in 2009 by the organ builder David Wells ( Liverpool). The instrument has 36 registers on three manuals and pedal. The tracker action are electric.