Sunday 21 September 2014

Great St Barts / porch

The relatively recent porch of the Church of St Bartholomew the Great, in West Smithfield. Porch architect: Sir Aston Webb, 1893, made of Portland stone and knapped flint. The carved figure is of Prior Rahere who founded the priory in 1123 and was buried here in 1143. City of London.

(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)