Sunday, 22 January 2017

St James Clerkenwell / steeple II

English Baroque design by James Carr, completed 1792. Replaced an earlier church which included remains of the dissolved St Mary's nunnery. The present church is Grade II* listed. The white stone steeple was restored in 1849 by W.P.Griffith and is a prominent landmark of Clerkenwell 'village'. London Borough of Islington.