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St Benet Paul's Wharf

Address: Paul's Wharf Queen Victoria St. EC4V 4ER
Telephone: 020 7489 8754
Usual opening times: Thursdays 11 am to 3pm and Services
Description: A church has been on this site since 1111. Destroyed in the Great Fire, the present church was built by Wren and Hooke (possibly owing more to the latter) between 1677 and 1683. It was one of only four Wren churches to escape damage in the Second Word War but was vandalised in 1971: repaired and reopened in 1973. It has a long-standing connection with the College of Arms across the road. Also since 1879 the church has accommodated the Welsh Episcopalian congregation in London. It is therefore sometimes known as “the Welsh church”, though that is a misnomer. Paul’s Wharf was the wharf on the Thames from which stone and other building materials were conveyed for the Wren reconstruction of St Paul’s cathedral.
Link: http://www.stbenetwelshchurch.org.uk

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