St Bartholomew-the-Less

Coordinates: 51°31′4.52″N 0°6′2.36″W / 51.5179222°N 0.1006556°W / 51.5179222; -0.1006556
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St Bartholomew the Less
Anglo-Catholic
Websitestbartstheless.org.uk
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade II*
Administration
DioceseLondon
ParishSt Bartholomew the Less
Clergy
RectorMarcus Walker

St Bartholomew the Less is an

St Bartholomew the Great
.

History

The present establishment is the latest in a series of churches and chapels associated with the hospital over the past 800 years. Its earliest predecessor, known as the Chapel of the Holy Cross, was founded nearby in 1123 (at the same time as the priory, now the Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great) before moving to the present site in 1184.[1]

Along with most other religious foundations the hospital was dissolved by

St Bartholomew the Great
(the former priory).

The church's tower and west façade date from 15th century, with two of its three bells dating from 1380 and 1420. They hang within an original medieval bell frame, believed to be the oldest in the City of London. In 1793,

dry-rot. In 1823 it was replaced under the supervision of Thomas Hardwick,[4] who replicated the timber construction in stone with an iron ceiling. He also made alterations to the detailing.[2]

The church suffered some bomb damage during

Second World War
but this was repaired and the church reopened by 1951.

St Bartholomew the Less Church's interior although small is light and airy, largely due to George Dance's use of high lunette windows.[5] Its form is that of an octagonal Gothic vault fitted into a square by the means of adding open triangular chapels at its corners.[6]

The church was designated a Grade II*

Haberdashers' Company
, its close neighbour in West Smithfield at Haberdashers' Hall, EC1.

After a few years in which the

Chapel of Ease
within the parish. Services continue to be held at the church, especially a 12:30 Anglican Eucharist on Tuesdays, a 12:30 Roman Catholic Mass at 12:30 on Thursdays, and a 10:00 Anglican Family Eucharist on most Sundays of the year.

Notable people associated with the church

Interior of St Bartholomew the Less

See also

  • List of churches and cathedrals of London

Notes

  1. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5
  2. ^ a b Godwin, George; John Britton (1839). The Churches of London: A History and Description of the Ecclesiastical Edifices of the Metropolis. London: C. Tilt.
  3. ISBN 0-300-09655-0
    )
  4. ^ "The City Churches" Tabor, M. p119:London; The Swarthmore Press Ltd; 1917.
  5. ^ "The City of London Churches: monuments of another age" Quantrill, E; Quantrill, M p. 28: London; Quartet; 1975
  6. ^ Cobb, Gerald (1942) The Old Churches of London. London: Batsford.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1180946)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2009.

External links

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