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Sir Christopher Wren

Buildings by Status

Buildings attributed to Wren, listed according to their current state of repair. It should be noted that inclusion of a building on this page does not imply that a building is open to the public. For a list of buildings open see buildings listed by location.

Largely as Built

Emmanuel College Chapel, Cambridge
Upper School, Eton College, Buckinghamshire
South and East Ranges, Hampton Court Palace
Ingestre Church, Staffordshire
Lincoln Cathedral Library, Lincoln
The Monument, Fish Street Hill, London
Pembroke College Chapel, Cambridge
The Royal Hospital, Chelsea
Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich
St Benet, Paul's Wharf, London
St Clement Danes, Strand, Westminster
St Clement, Eastcheap, London
St James, Garlick Hill, London
St James's Church, Piccadilly, Westminster
St John Moore's School, Appleby, Leicestershire
St Margaret, Lothbury, London
St Margaret Pattens, London
St Martin, Ludgate, London
St Mary Abchurch, London
Tower of St Mary Aldermary, Bow Lane, London
St Michael, Cornhill,London
St Paul's Cathedral
St Peter, Cornhill, London
St Stephen, Walbrook, London
The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford
Trinity College Library, Cambridge
Winslow Hall, Buckinghamshire

Substantially rebuilt after Bombing in the War to match original

St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London
St Andrew, Holborn, London
St Anne and St Agnes, Gresham Street, London
St Bride, Fleet Street, London
St Edmund King and Martyr, Lombard Street, London
St Lawrence, Jewry, London
St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London
St Mary-at-Hill, Thames Street, London
St Michael, Paternoster Royal, College Hill, London
St Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London
St Vedast, Foster Lane, London

Moved after Bombing in the War

St Mary, Aldermanbury, London (1670-76) (moved to Fulton, Missouri, USA 1965 from the City of London)

Buildings which have survived but have been substantially altered

Garden Quadrangle, Trinity College, Oxford
Reconstruction of Kensington Palace
Marlborough House, St James's, London
St Magnus Martyr, Lower Thames Street, London
State Apartments, St James's Palace
Tring Manor House, Hertfordshire
Williamson Building, The Queen's College, Oxford

Churches for which only the tower remains

St Alban, Wood Street, London (church destroyed by bombing in 1940)
St Anne's Church, Soho (church demolished in 1953 after war damage)
St Dunstan in the East, London (church destroyed by bombing in 1941)
St Mary Somerset, Thames Street, London (demolished excpet for tower in 1871)
St Olave, Old Jewry, London (demolished except for tower 1888-9)

Buildings that have been completely demolished

Destroyed in Second World War bombing

Christ Church, Newgate Street, London (only ruin remains after bombing in 1940)
The Cloisters, Pump Court, Middle Temple, London (destroyed in bombing 1940-1)
St Augustine, Watling Street, London(destroyed by bombing in 1945)
St Mildred, Bread Street, London (destroyed by bombing in 1941)
St Stephen, Coleman Street, London (destroyed by bombing in 1940)
St Swithin, Cannon Street, London (dem. after bombing in 1941)

Demolished to make way for other development

All Hallows, Bread Street, London (dem. 1876-7)
All Hallows the Great, Lombard Street, London (dem. 1893-4)
All Hallows, Lombard Street, London (dem. 1939)
Bridgewater Square Development, London (dem.)
Drury Lane Theatre, London (remodelled 1775-6 by R.Adam, rebuilt by H.Holland 1791-4)
Guard-house, Windsor Castle (dem.)
The Navy Office, Seething Lane, London (dem.)
Respository, Royal Society, Crane Court, Fleet Street, London (dem.c.1782)
St Antholin, Watling Street, London (dem.1875)
St Bartholomew, Exchange, London (dem.1840-1)
St Benet Fink, Threadneedle Street, London (dem.1842-4)
St Benet, Gracechurch Street, London (dem.1867-8)
St Christopher-le-Stocks, Threadneedle Street, London (dem.1781)
St Dionis Backchurch, Fenchurch Street, London (dem.1878-9)
St George Botolph Lane, London (dem. 1903-4)
St Matthew, Friday Street, London (dem. 1881)
St Michael, Bassishaw, London (dem. 1899)
St Michael, Crooked Lane, London (dem. 1831)
St Michael, Queenhithe, London (dem. 1876)
St Michael, Wood Street, London (dem. 1894)
St Mildred, Poultry, London (dem. 1872)
Writing School, Christ's Hospital, London (dem.1902)

Lost for other reasons

Catholic Chapel, Council Chamber and Privy Gallery, Whitehall Palace (destroyed by fire in 1698)
The Custom House, London (reconstructed 1718-25, destroyed by fire 1814)
Queen's Apartment and Terraced Garden, Whitehall Palace (destroyed in fire of 1698)
St Mary Magdalene, Fish Street,London (gutted by fire 1886, dem. 1887)
Thoresby House, Nottinghamshire (burnt down after completion)
William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA (fire in 1705)
Winchester Palace, Winchester (destroyed by fire in 1894)

To see the buildings listed by other criteria click below:

Buildings listed according to location

Buildings listed according to date of Construction

Works listed according to type including parts of buildings


James Campbell
October 2000