St Margaret's, Westminster
The St Margaret 's Church is an Anglican church in London. It is located in the City of Westminster at Parliament Square, next to Westminster Abbey, opposite the Palace of Westminster. It is dedicated to the parish church of the British Parliament and the Margaret of Antioch.
It was originally founded as a parish church in the surrounding area in the 12th century and completely rebuilt in 1486-1523. 1614 was St Margaret's parish church official of the Parliament; the Puritans were unhappy with the pageantry in the neighboring Westminster Abbey and preferred to keep the Parliament services in the "more appropriate " St Margaret 's Church. A tradition that is maintained until today.
John James built 1734-1738 the northwestern tower new, at the same time the entire facade with Portland limestone was new clothes. The interior was given its present appearance in 1877 after the renovation by George Gilbert Scott.
St Margaret 's Church has a rare 4-fold sundial. On each side of her tower, even on the north wall, a sundial. In the photo, the blue dial of the western clock is visible.
Worth the eastern window with Flemish stained glass is from 1509, made to commemorate the engagement of Arthur Tudor, the older brother of Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon. Other glass windows reminiscent of William Caxton, the first English printer, Sir Walter Raleigh, who was buried here in 1618, and to the poet John Milton, a member of the parish.
The organ was built in 1801 by organ builder George England. The instrument has 22 stops on two manuals and pedal.
Among the people who found their final resting place in the church, belongs to the Bohemian engraver Wenceslas Hollar. Numerous celebrities were married in St Margaret's, including Samuel Pepys and his wife as well as Winston Churchill and Clementine Hozier.
The ensemble of St Margaret 's Church, Westminster Abbey and Palace of Westminster was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.