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The St Paul's Watch
Explore the history of the St Paul's Watch and their activities during the Second World War.
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Charles Cornwallis,1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805)
Learn about the monument to Charles Cornwallis,1st Marquess Cornwallis, and the East India Company with this piece written by Fawzia Mahmood.
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Recreating the Quire carvings
Understand how the Quire has evolved over the past 300 years and how those changes have created conservation considerations today.
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Explore Christian life and faith
Explore the challenges, contradictions and joys of being a Christian in the 21st century with some of today’s liveliest theologians, Christian thinkers and writers.
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Friends membership FAQ
Have a question about Friends membership? From how much does membership cost to the different membership options available, find your answers here.
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1. Designs for the Great Model, 1673
Wren’s unrealised Great Model, now in the Cathedral’s Trophy Room, took about ten months to design and more than a year afterwards to build and decorate.
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Our guided and self-guided tours
Get to know the fascinating figures in our history – and the story of how the Cathedral was built – with our guided and self-guided tours.
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Sources and abbreviations
A bibliography for the Wren Office Drawings online collection.
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Ripening: reflections for a changing season
Christopher Chapman reflects on signs of God in the changing season.
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Music for Good Friday and Easter
Singer Carris Jones writes about music that illuminates the mystery and meanings of Good Friday and Easter.
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2. The Design in the First Phase, 1675-85
After the rejection of the Great Model in the latter part of 1674, Wren prepared several designs for a new Cathedral on a cruciform plan.
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Terms and conditions of entry
Understand the terms and conditions of entering our building, whether for sightseeing or events.
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3. Upper elevations and west end, c. 1685
The dramatic increase in funding from 1686 was the main factor behind a major revision to the design that can be dated from mid-1685.
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6. The western towers, c. 1685-1710
Wren had always intended a belfry in one of the towers at the west end of the Cathedral.
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7. Churchyard and paving and miscellaneous drawings, c. 1690-1713
The earliest known scheme to improve the Cathedral churchyard is an outline study by Wren and Hawksmoor, drawn over a survey of the whole precinct prepared by William Dickinson.
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5. Designs for the Dome, c. 1685-1710
Wren’s revisions to the design in 1685–86 created a podium for a vast, richly modelled Dome, inspired by those of Michelangelo’s St Peter’s in Rome and Jules Hardouin-Mansart’s Invalides church in Paris.
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