The only church (1684) Christopher Wren built from scratch and one of a handful established on a new site (most of the other London churches are replacements for those destroyed in the Great Fire), this simple building substitutes what some might call the pompous flourishes of Wren’s most famous churches with a warm and elegant accessibility. The baptismal font portraying Adam and Eve and the altar reredos are by Grinling Gibbons. The church featured in the global hit Netflix series Bridgerton.
This is a wonderfully sociable and charitable church; it houses a counseling service, provides a night shelter for the homeless in winter (they can sleep in the pews) and stages free lunchtime and evening concerts. Note the arresting bronze Statue of Peace in the garden.
