Stiffleaf's photos
st. bartholomew the less, london
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church interior 1823 by t.hardwick, tracery and changes to sanctuary in 1865 by p.c.hardwick
st. bartholomew the less, london
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1823 vestry door in light pre archaeological gothick, looking into hardwick's octagon
st. bartholomew the less, london
st. bartholomew the less, london
st.bartholemew the great priory
41-42 clothfair, london
bart's gatehouse, london c18
bart's gatehouse, london c18
st.sepulchre, london, porch
st.sepulchre, london
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tower c15 heavily restored 1878 when w.p.griffith added the pinnacles and refaced the 3 storeyed c15 porch
the fat boy, giltspur st. london
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1666 statue put up to claim that the great fire was brought about due to the general sin of gluttony.it was on a pub by smithfield which was a central clearing house for resurrection men, who stole corpses from city graveyards for dissection, and laid them out for sale to doctors from st. bart's hospital over the road.
st.andrew holborn, london, bluecoat boy
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1696 charity figure from parochial school in hatton garden. the yellow lining was to deter vermin.
st.andrew holborn, london, bluecoat girl
st.andrew holborn, london, tower
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the c15 tower was clothed in classical dress by wren in 1703, not perhaps one of his most elegant steeples
st.andrew's court house, london
all hallows barking, london, c15 tomb of alderman…
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all hallows barking, london, toc h shrine
all hallows barking, london, byzantine peacock rel…
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byzantine style panel in crypt; believed to be from the basilica of torcello and santa fosca's,called 'the pluteus of the peacocks' it is a c11 venetian byzantine relief which represents two peacocks drinking from a fountain of eternal life . they probably come from the low dado of the chancel screen, which dates from the rebuild of 1008.

















