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built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

built 1819-22 by h.w. and w. inwood, inspired directly by the erechtheum in athens and its caryatids, here modelled by rossi in terracotta [ they had to have a slice removed at the waist as they were made too tall] to guard the gates of the vaults ,and with a tower based on 3 copies of the tower of winds. this was the most expensive church built in london since st.paul's cathedral, costing £77,000 or so, pugin hated it and it dated quickly, but was sufficiently novel to be copied for cape town's cathedral, now gone.

carving of king david , c17, from the gallery of st.mary matfalon, whitechapel

c17 bell turret over c16 window in c13 west wall of church

view through south east chapel window of tombs from the c15 to the c17