St John-at-Hampstead / steeple

Architect: John Sanderson 1745-47, castellated tower rebuilt 1759, copper spire added 1784. In 1874 there was a plan to demolish this tower which was opposed by a petition whose names included William Butterfield, William Morris, Anthony Trollope, Dante Rossetti, Sir George Gilbert Scott and others of note. This in turn led to the establishment of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Hampstead's Parish Church is Grade I listed. London Borough of Camden. 

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