churches

the guards chapel from birdcage walk

The Guards Chapel and its Post War Rebuilding

14/11/2025 donbrown 0

Officially known as the Royal Military Chapel, but generally just as The Guards Chapel, this building stands within the Wellington Barracks at the top end […]

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A lot more than the Da Vinci Code: Temple Church

05/05/2025 donbrown 0

At the top end of Strand opposite the Royal Courts of Justice is Devereux Court. Step off the main road along there and you enter […]

“Exquisite Pain” in St Bart’s

07/02/2022 donbrown 0

The church of St Bartholomew the Great in Smithfield is one of the jewels of London. A breathtakingly beautiful architectural gem that has occupied its […]

The Chapel of St John the Evangelist

28/12/2021 donbrown 0

One of the loveliest and most peaceful spaces in London is literally in the centre of one of the busiest. The Tower of London gets […]

The Soho grave of Theodore I, King of Corsica

05/03/2020 donbrown 1

St Anne’s churchyard is a small patch of open ground at the Shaftesbury Avenue end of Wardour Street, Soho. Once the hang out of druggies […]