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List of works by Christopher Wren

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Sir Christopher Wren was one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history, as well as an anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist.[1] He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including what is regarded as his masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710.[2]

According to Kerry Downes, "there is considerable evidence that Wren," by the end of the 17th century, "delegated particular projects to [Nicholas] Hawksmoor." The nature and extent of Wren's involvement in the designs his office produced towards the end of his career is debated by scholars.[3]

Built works

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Extant works

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Image Name Location Date Listing Comment Coordinates
Pembroke College Chapel Pembroke College, Cambridge 1663–65 Grade I (1950)

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Chancel arch and extra bay added by George Gilbert Scott in 1880 52°12′06″N 0°07′07″E / 52.20156°N 0.11866°E / 52.20156; 0.11866
Sheldonian Theatre University of Oxford, Oxford 1664–69 Grade I (1954)

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51°45′16″N 1°15′18″W / 51.75436°N 1.25501°W / 51.75436; -1.25501
Emmanuel College Chapel Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1666 Grade I (1950)

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52°12′14″N 0°07′28″E / 52.20384°N 0.12433°E / 52.20384; 0.12433
North Building, Garden Quadrangle Trinity College, Oxford 1665–1668 Grade I (1954)

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Attributed to Wren,[4] an additional floor was later added 51°45′21″N 1°15′27″W / 51.75574°N 1.25750°W / 51.75574; -1.25750
Temple Bar Gate Fleet Street, St James's, City of Westminster[Note 1] 1669 Grade I (2010)

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51°30′49″N 0°06′43″W / 51.513611°N 0.111944°W / 51.513611; -0.111944
St Michael, Cornhill Cornhill, Cornhill, City of London 1669–72 Grade I (1950)

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Survived in original form; portions of the tower designed by Hawksmoor 51°30′47.50″N 0°5′7.68″W / 51.5131944°N 0.0854667°W / 51.5131944; -0.0854667
Alterations to Longleat Wiltshire 1670 Grade I (1968)

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51°11′11″N 2°16′31″W / 51.18647°N 2.27530°W / 51.18647; -2.27530
St Mary-at-Hill Lovat Lane, Billingsgate, City of London 1670–76 Grade I (1950)

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Substantially altered in 1787–88 and 1826–27 51°30′36″N 0°05′01″W / 51.510069°N 0.08374°W / 51.510069; -0.08374
St Edmund, King and Martyr Lombard Street, Langbourn, City of London 1670–79 Grade I (1950)

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Survived in original form 51°30′44.62″N 0°5′10.68″W / 51.5123944°N 0.0863000°W / 51.5123944; -0.0863000
St Mary-le-Bow Cheapside, Cordwainer, City of London 1670–83 Grade I (1950)

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Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz 51°30′50″N 0°05′37″W / 51.51389°N 0.09361°W / 51.51389; -0.09361
St Bride's Church Fleet Street, Castle Baynard, City of London 1670–84 Grade I (1950)

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Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz 51°30′50″N 0°6′21″W / 51.51389°N 0.10583°W / 51.51389; -0.10583
St Lawrence Jewry Gresham Street, Cheap, City of London 1670–86 Grade I (1950)

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Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz 51°30′55″N 0°05′33″W / 51.5152°N 0.0925°W / 51.5152; -0.0925
St Vedast Foster Lane Foster Lane, Cheap, City of London 1670–97 Grade I (1950)

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Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz 51°30′53.56″N 0°5′46.08″W / 51.5148778°N 0.0961333°W / 51.5148778; -0.0961333
The Monument Bridge, City of London 1671–77 Grade I (1950)

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51°30′53.56″N 0°5′46.08″W / 51.5148778°N 0.0961333°W / 51.5148778; -0.0961333
St Nicholas Cole Abbey Queen Victoria Street, Bread Street Ward, City of London 1671–81 Grade I (1950)

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Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz 51°30′43″N 0°5′48″W / 51.51194°N 0.09667°W / 51.51194; -0.09667
St Magnus-the-Martyr Lower Thames Street, Bridge, City of London 1671–87 Grade I (1950)

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Altered after London Bridge was widened in 1762[5] 51°30′33.41″N 0°5′10.81″W / 51.5092806°N 0.0863361°W / 51.5092806; -0.0863361
St Stephen Walbrook Walbrook, Walbrook, City of London 1672–79 Grade I (1950)

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Survived in original form 51°30′45.46″N 0°5′23.71″W / 51.5126278°N 0.0899194°W / 51.5126278; -0.0899194
Wren Library Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln 1674–76 Grade I (1953)

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53°14′05″N 0°32′09″W / 53.2348°N 0.5358°W / 53.2348; -0.5358
Pedestal, Statue of Charles I[6] Charing Cross, City of Westminster 1675–76 Grade I (1970)

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Plinth ultimately executed by sculptor Joshua Marshall.[7][6]
Flamsteed House, Royal Observatory, Greenwich Greenwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich 1675–76 Grade I (1973)

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51°28′41″N 0°00′07″W / 51.47799°N 0.00195°W / 51.47799; -0.00195
St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Churchyard, Castle Baynard, City of London 1675–1711 Grade I (1950)

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Survived in original form 51°30′49″N 0°05′53″W / 51.51361°N 0.09806°W / 51.51361; -0.09806
St James Garlickhythe Garlick Hill, Vintry, City of London 1676–83 Grade I (1950)

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Spire by Hawksmoor;[8] survived in original form 51°30′39.99″N 0°5′37.54″W / 51.5111083°N 0.0937611°W / 51.5111083; -0.0937611
St James's Church, Piccadilly Piccadilly, St James's, City of Westminster 1676–84 Grade I (1958)

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Destroyed in 1940; restored in 1947–54 after the Blitz 51°30′31″N 0°8′12″W / 51.50861°N 0.13667°W / 51.50861; -0.13667
Wren Library, Trinity College (cropped)
Wren Library, Trinity College (cropped)
Wren Library Nevile's Court, Trinity College, Cambridge 1676–95 Grade I (1950)

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52°12′26″N 0°06′54″E / 52.2071°N 0.1149°E / 52.2071; 0.1149
King's Bench Walk Temple, London 1677–78 Grade I (1950)

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51°30′47″N 0°06′33″W / 51.513194°N 0.109194°W / 51.513194; -0.109194
St Benet's, Paul's Wharf Queen Victoria Street, Queenhithe, City of London 1677–83 Grade I (1950)

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Survived in original form 51°30′42.01″N 0°5′57.38″W / 51.5116694°N 0.0992722°W / 51.5116694; -0.0992722
St Martin, Ludgate Ludgate Hill, Farringdon Within, City of London 1677–84 Grade I (1950)

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Survived in original form 51°30′50.55″N 0°6′6.99″W / 51.5140417°N 0.1019417°W / 51.5140417; -0.1019417
St Peter upon Cornhill Cornhill, Cornhill, City of London 1677–84 Grade I (1950)

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Survived in original form 51°30′47.7″N 0°5′4.5″W / 51.513250°N 0.084583°W / 51.513250; -0.084583
EH1286384 Church of St Anne and St Agnes 01
EH1286384 Church of St Anne and St Agnes 01
St Anne and St Agnes Gresham Street, Aldersgate, City of London 1676–87 Grade I (1950)

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Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz; rededicated in 1966 51°30′59″N 0°5′47″W / 51.51639°N 0.09639°W / 51.51639; -0.09639
St Mary Aldermary Queen Victoria Street, Cordwainer, City of London 1679–82 Grade I (1950)

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Survived in original form; Victorian alterations to the interior made 1876–7[9] 51°30′46″N 0°05′36″W / 51.51278°N 0.09333°W / 51.51278; -0.09333
St Clement Danes The Strand, City of Westminster 1680–82 Grade I (1958)

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Destroyed in 1941; reconsecrated in 1958 after the Blitz. 51°30′47″N 0°06′50″W / 51.513107°N 0.113898°W / 51.513107; -0.113898
Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church, Oxford 1681–82 Grade I (1984)

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51°45′00″N 1°15′24″W / 51.75°N 1.256667°W / 51.75; -1.256667
St Mary Abchurch Abchurch Lane, Candlewick, City of London 1681–86 Grade I (1950)

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Survived in original form; dome painted in 1708 51°30′42.02″N 0°5′18.05″W / 51.5116722°N 0.0883472°W / 51.5116722; -0.0883472
Royal Hospital Chelsea Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 1681–1692 Grade I (1969)

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51°29′15″N 0°09′30″W / 51.487414°N 0.158244°W / 51.487414; -0.158244
Interior of Temple Church Fleet Street, Farringdon Without, City of London 1682–83 Grade I (1950)

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During the restoration after the Blitz Wren's wooden altar was discovered in a museum and was restored to its original position 51°30′47.52″N 0°06′37.44″W / 51.5132000°N 0.1104000°W / 51.5132000; -0.1104000
St Clement's, Eastcheap Clement's Lane, Candlewick, City of London 1683–87 Grade I (1950)

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Survived in original form 51°30′40.77″N 0°5′12.81″W / 51.5113250°N 0.0868917°W / 51.5113250; -0.0868917
St Margaret Pattens Eastcheap, Billingsgate, City of London 1684–87 Grade I (1950)

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Survived in original form 51°30′38.75″N 0°4′58.74″W / 51.5107639°N 0.0829833°W / 51.5107639; -0.0829833
St Michael Paternoster Royal College Hill, Dowgate, City of London 1686–94 Grade I (1950)

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Spire by Hawksmoor.[8]

Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz; restored in 1966–8

51°30′40.22″N 0°5′31.76″W / 51.5111722°N 0.0921556°W / 51.5111722; -0.0921556
St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe Queen Victoria Street, Castle Baynard, City of London 1685–95 Grade I (1950)

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Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz; rededicated in 1961 51°30′44.44″N 0°6′4.89″W / 51.5123444°N 0.1013583°W / 51.5123444; -0.1013583
St Margaret Lothbury Lothbury, Coleman Street Ward and Broad Street Ward, City of London 1686–90 Grade I (1950)

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Survived in original form 51°30′52.91″N 0°5′19.92″W / 51.5146972°N 0.0888667°W / 51.5146972; -0.0888667
St Andrew, Holborn Holborn Viaduct, Farringdon Without, City of London 1686–87 Grade I (1950)

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Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz; re-opened in 1961 51°31′2.10″N 0°6′24.14″W / 51.5172500°N 0.1067056°W / 51.5172500; -0.1067056
Kensington Palace Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London 1689 Grade I (1969)

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Wren expanded the existing Nottingham House, built in 1605 51°30′18″N 0°11′15″W / 51.50492°N 0.18752°W / 51.50492; -0.18752
Windsor Guildhall Windsor, Berkshire 1689 Grade I (1950)

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Wren completed the structure, which had begun under the direction of Sir Thomas Fitz[8] 51°28′56″N 0°36′26″W / 51.48215°N 0.60709°W / 51.48215; -0.60709
Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School Appleby Magna, Leicestershire 1693–97 Grade I (1952)

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52°40′45″N 1°32′15″W / 52.67913°N 1.53750°W / 52.67913; -1.53750
Hampton Court Palace London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 1689 Grade I (1952)

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51°24′11″N 0°20′13″W / 51.40316°N 0.33691°W / 51.40316; -0.33691
King William Court, Greenwich Hospital Greenwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich 1698–1703 Grade I (1973)

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West front added by John Vanbrugh in 1728.[10] 51°28′57″N 0°00′21″W / 51.48262°N 0.0057°W / 51.48262; -0.0057
Queen Mary Court, Greenwich Hospital Greenwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich 1699–1728 Grade I (1973)

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Completed by John Vanbrugh 1728.[11] 51°28′59″N 0°00′16″W / 51.48303°N 0.00454°W / 51.48303; -0.00454
Queen Anne Court, Greenwich Hospital Greenwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich 1699–1750 Grade I (1973)

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51°29′02″N 0°00′18″W / 51.48400°N 0.0050°W / 51.48400; -0.0050
Extension to the State Apartments[12] St James's Palace, St James's, City of Westminster 1702 Grade I (1970)

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51°30′15″N 0°08′16″W / 51.50413°N 0.13783°W / 51.50413; -0.13783
Marlborough House St James's, City of Westminster 1711 Grade I (1970)

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Additional storeys later added 51°30′18″N 0°08′10″W / 51.50504°N 0.13610°W / 51.50504; -0.13610
Chapter House St Paul's Churchyard, Castle Baynard, City of London 1712–1714 Grade II* (1950)

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Severely damaged in the Blitz; reconstructed in 1957[13] 51°30′52″N 0°05′57″W / 51.51431°N 0.09903°W / 51.51431; -0.09903

Partially extant works

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Image Name Location Date Listing Comment Coordinates
St Olave Old Jewry Ironmonger Lane, Walbrook, City of London 1670–79 Grade I (1950) Body of the church was demolished in 1887. Tower is part of an office building. 51°30′52.15″N 0°5′28.70″W / 51.5144861°N 0.0913056°W / 51.5144861; -0.0913056
Christ Church Greyfriars Newgate Street, Farringdon Within, City of London 1677–91 Grade I (1950) Destroyed in the Blitz. The ruins are a public garden; the tower is a private residence for Jimmy 51°30′56.94″N 0°5′56.93″W / 51.5158167°N 0.0991472°W / 51.5158167; -0.0991472
2017 St Augustine Watling Street
2017 St Augustine Watling Street
St Augustine Watling Street Watling Street, Bread Street Ward, City of London 1680–87 Grade I (1950) Destroyed in the Blitz. Tower part of St Paul's Cathedral Choir School 51°30′48.52″N 00°05′49.00″W / 51.5134778°N 0.0969444°W / 51.5134778; -0.0969444
St Alban's, Wood Street Wood Street, Bassishaw, City of London 1682–87 Grade II (1950) Destroyed in the Blitz. The tower is a private dwelling 51°30′59.69″N 0°5′38.95″W / 51.5165806°N 0.0941528°W / 51.5165806; -0.0941528
St Mary Somerset Upper Thames Street, Queenhithe, City of London 1686–94 Grade I (1950) Body of the church demolished in 1871. Tower surrounded by small garden 51°30′40.92″N 0°5′48.80″W / 51.5113667°N 0.0968889°W / 51.5113667; -0.0968889
St Dunstan-in-the-East St Dunstan's Hill, Billingsgate, City of London 1698 Grade I (1950) Rebuilt in 1817–21, but destroyed in the Blitz. Ruins are a public garden 51°30′34.82″N 0°4′57.80″W / 51.5096722°N 0.0827222°W / 51.5096722; -0.0827222

Demolished or destroyed works

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Image Name Location Date Comment Coordinates
Screen, St John's College Chapel[14] St John's College, Oxford c. 1670–73 Dismantled in 1843 and fragments moved to Painswick House 51°45′23″N 1°15′31″W / 51.75633°N 1.25860°W / 51.75633; -1.25860
St Christopher le Stocks Threadneedle Street, Broad Street Ward, City of London 1670–71 Demolished in 1782 to provide space for the extension of the Bank of England 51°30′51″N 0°05′19″W / 51.5141°N 0.0886°W / 51.5141; -0.0886
St Mary Aldermanbury Aldermanbury, Bassishaw, City of London 1670–74 Ruined in 1940, and the stones transported to Fulton, Missouri in 1964. Rebuilt as a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill 51°30′59.34″N 0°5′35.06″W / 51.5164833°N 0.0930722°W / 51.5164833; -0.0930722
St Michael Wood Street Wood Street, Cripplegate, City of London 1670–75 Demolished in 1897 due to the Union of Benefices Act 1860 51°30′56″N 0°5′41.5″W / 51.51556°N 0.094861°W / 51.51556; -0.094861
St Benet Fink Threadneedle Street, Broad Street Ward, City of London 1670–75 Demolished between 1841 and 1846 to improve the site of the Royal Exchange 51°30′50″N 0°5′10″W / 51.51389°N 0.08611°W / 51.51389; -0.08611
St Dionis Backchurch Fenchurch Street, Langbourn, City of London 1670–77 Demolished in 1878 due to the Union of Benefices Act 1860 51°30′43″N 0°5′2″W / 51.51194°N 0.08389°W / 51.51194; -0.08389
St Mildred, Poultry Poultry, Cheap, City of London 1670–77 Demolished in 1872 due to the Union of Benefices Act 1860 51°30′49″N 0°5′24″W / 51.51361°N 0.09000°W / 51.51361; -0.09000
St George Botolph Lane Botolph Lane, Billingsgate, City of London 1671–76 Demolished in 1904 after being judged structurally unsafe and closed 1901 51°30′38″N 0°5′7″W / 51.51056°N 0.08528°W / 51.51056; -0.08528
Addition to Richmond House[15] Whitehall, City of Westminster c. 1672 Burned in 1791
Extension and grotto[16] Privy Garden, Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster 1673–75 Burned in 1698
Lodgings for the Duke of York[12] St James's Palace, St James's, City of Westminster c. 1673 Demolished c. 1703
St Michael Bassishaw Basinghall Street, Bassishaw, City of London 1675–79 Demolished in 1900 after being judged structurally unsafe in 1892 51°31′0.1″N 0°5′30″W / 51.516694°N 0.09167°W / 51.516694; -0.09167
St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange Bartholomew Lane, Broad Street Ward, City of London 1675–83 Demolished in 1840 to provide space for the widening of Threadneedle Street 51°30′50″N 0°05′14″W / 51.51376°N 0.0873°W / 51.51376; -0.0873
Renovation of the Chapel Royal[16] Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster 1676 Burned in 1698
St Stephen Coleman Street Coleman Street, Coleman Street Ward, City of London 1677 Destroyed in the Blitz and demolished in 1940 51°30′56″N 0°05′25″W / 51.5155°N 0.0904°W / 51.5155; -0.0904
St Mildred, Bread Street Bread Street, Bread Street Ward, City of London 1677–83 Destroyed in the Blitz and demolished in 1941 51°30′44″N 0°05′43″W / 51.5123°N 0.0952°W / 51.5123; -0.0952
St Anne's Church, Soho Dean Street, Soho, City of Westminster 1677–85 The body of the church by Wren and William Talman was destroyed in the Blitz and later totally demolished; the preserved tower was built by S.P. Cockerell in 1801–03 51°30′45″N 0°07′56″W / 51.5124°N 0.1323°W / 51.5124; -0.1323
St Michael Queenhithe Upper Thames Street, Queenhithe, City of London 1676–86 Demolished in 1876 due to the Union of Benefices Act 1860 51°30′40″N 0°5′42″W / 51.51111°N 0.09500°W / 51.51111; -0.09500
All-Hallows-the-Great Upper Thames Street, Dowgate, City of London 1677–84 Demolished in 1894 due to the Union of Benefices Act 1860 51°30′36″N 0°05′25″W / 51.5100°N 0.0902°W / 51.5100; -0.0902
St Swithin, London Stone Cannon Street, Walbrook, City of London 1678 Destroyed in the Blitz and demolished in 1962 51°30′42″N 0°5′22″W / 51.51167°N 0.08944°W / 51.51167; -0.08944
St Antholin, Budge Row Watling Street, Cordwainer, City of London 1678–84 Demolished in 1875 due to the Union of Benefices Act 1860 51°30′45″N 0°05′31″W / 51.51250°N 0.09194°W / 51.51250; -0.09194
St Benet Gracechurch Gracechurch Street, Bridge, City of London 1681–87 Demolished in 1868 due to the Union of Benefices Act 1860 51°30′42″N 0°5′6″W / 51.51167°N 0.08500°W / 51.51167; -0.08500
All Hallows Bread Street Bread Street, Bread Street Ward, City of London 1681–98 Demolished in 1878 due to the Union of Benefices Act 1860 51°30′47″N 0°05′42″W / 51.5131°N 0.0951°W / 51.5131; -0.0951
King's House, Winchester Hampshire 1682–1685 Work on the structure was never completed; the building was ultimately converted into barracks and gutted by fire in 1894[17] 51°03′43″N 1°19′16″W / 51.062°N 1.321°W / 51.062; -1.321
St Matthew Friday Street Friday Street, Bread Street Ward, City of London 1682–85 Demolished in 1885 due to the Union of Benefices Act 1860 51°30′49″N 0°5′44″W / 51.51361°N 0.09556°W / 51.51361; -0.09556
Privy Garden Range[16] Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster 1685 Burned in 1698
Roman Catholic Chapel[16] Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster 1685–86 Burned in 1698
All Hallows Lombard Street Lombard Street, Langbourn, City of London 1686–94 Demolished in 1939, with the tower and interior fittings moved to All Hallows Twickenham 51°30′39.09″N 0°5′5.84″W / 51.5108583°N 0.0849556°W / 51.5108583; -0.0849556
St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street Old Change, Castle Baynard, City of London 1683–87 Demolished in 1893 due to the Union of Benefices Act 1860 51°30′45″N 0°5′51″W / 51.51250°N 0.09750°W / 51.51250; -0.09750
St Michael, Crooked Lane Miles's Lane, Candlewick, City of London 1687 Demolished in 1831: wider approaches were needed for the rebuilt London Bridge 51°30′39″N 0°05′14″W / 51.51070°N 0.087280°W / 51.51070; -0.087280
College of Physicians, Warwick Lane 1688–89 Destroyed 1866 51°30′56″N 0°06′04″W / 51.51547°N 0.10103°W / 51.51547; -0.10103
Library for Thomas Tenison 1688 Demolished for the building of the National Gallery
Queen's Privy Lodgings[16] Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster 1688 Burned in 1698
River Terrace Garden[16] Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster 1691
Writing School, Christ's Hospital Newgate Street, Farringdon Within, City of London 1692–95 Draughtsmanship and style consistent with Hawksmoor, who may have been involved; demolished in 1902[18][3]
Remodelling of the House of Commons St Stephen's Chapel, Old Palace of Westminster, City of Westminster 1692 Burned in 1834[19]
Gallery for the House of Lords Old Palace of Westminster, City of Westminster 1704 Dismantled in 1711[19]

Unbuilt works

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Image Name Location Designed Notes
Early scheme for rebuilding Whitehall Palace[20] 1660s
Remodelling of Old St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Churchyard, Castle Baynard, City of London 1666 Old St Paul's Cathedral was severely damaged by the Great Fire of London and Wren's proposed additions were never realized. Wren ultimately designed its replacement.
London Plan London 1666 Wren's masterplan for the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire[21]
Commencement (Senate) House University of Cambridge, Cambridge c. 1675
Arundel House St James's, City of Westminster c. 1676 Building executed to designs likely supplied by Edward Pearce.
Rebuilding of Royal Mews[22] Charing Cross, City of Westminster c. 1676
Mausoleum for Charles I Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire 1678 Not financed[23][24]
Proposal for renovation of Ingestre Hall Ingestre, Staffordshire c. 1684-85
Church Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn and Covent Garden c. 1695–96
Post-fire scheme for rebuilding the Palace of Whitehall Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster 1698
Renovation of Upper Ward[25] Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire 1698
College Bridge St John's College, Cambridge c. 1698 Though ultimately executed to a design by Grumbold,[26] the bridge is today known as the Wren Bridge
Cottonian Library[19] Old Palace of Westminster, City of Westminster 1703
St Mary le Strand Strand, City of Westminster 1713 Ultimately executed to the design of James Gibbs
Hyde Park Barracks[27] Hyde Park 1713

Purported works

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A number of structure have, without supporting documentary evidence, been attributed to Christopher Wren. Speaking of this tendency, biographer Adrian Tinniswood has written that "If Wren was connected with a building, however remotely, it was slotted into the rapidly expanding canon."[28]

Image Name Location Date Listing Legitimacy Coordinates
Second Theatre Royal, Drury Lane[29] Covent Garden, London 1674 Attribution challenged by some contemporary scholars;[30] it is unknown how closely the attributed design was followed.[29]
Church of St Mary the Virgin Ingestre, Stafford, Staffordshire 1676 52°49′11″N 2°02′10″W / 52.81974°N 2.03602°W / 52.81974; -2.03602
Royal Hospital Kilmainham Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland 1679–87 Now attributed to William Robinson.[31] 53°20′34″N 6°18′00″W / 53.34290°N 6.30003°W / 53.34290; -6.30003
Tring Park Mansion Tring, Hertfordshire 1682–84 Grade II* (1981) Though "probably [designed] by Wren," the structure was substantially altered in the late 19th century.[32] 51°47′30″N 0°39′27″W / 51.79176°N 0.65751°W / 51.79176; -0.65751
Boone's Chapel Blackheath, London 1683 Grade I (1954) 51°27′31″N 0°00′10″E / 51.4587°N 0.0029°E / 51.4587; 0.0029
Fawley Court Fawley, Buckinghamshire 1684 Grade I (1952) 51°33′06″N 0°53′52″W / 51.5516°N 0.8978°W / 51.5516; -0.8978
Upper School, Eton College Berkshire 1689–91 Destroyed and since rebuilt[33]
Morden College Blackheath, London 1695 Grade I (1951) 51°28′10″N 0°01′09″E / 51.4695°N 0.0192°E / 51.4695; 0.0192
Wren Building College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States 1700 National Historic Landmark Claimed to be a Wren building as early as 1724. Wren's connection is doubtful. 37°16′15″N 76°42′32″W / 37.27082°N 76.70892°W / 37.27082; -76.70892
Winslow Hall Winslow, Buckinghamshire 1700 Grade I (1959) The structure's architect has been debated but it "is likely to have been" Wren.[34] 51°56′29″N 0°52′48″W / 51.9415°N 0.88°W / 51.9415; -0.88
Orangery, Kensington Palace Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London 1704–1706 Grade I (1969)

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"designed ostensibly by Wren, but more likely the work of Hawksmoor and (perhaps) Vanbrugh"[28] 51°30′24″N 0°11′16″W / 51.50656°N 0.18773°W / 51.50656; -0.18773
All Saints' Church, Isleworth Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow 1705–06 Grade II* (1951) According to tradition, Wren's plans were significantly altered due to financial constraints.[35] 51°28′18″N 0°19′11″W / 51.4717°N 0.3198°W / 51.4717; -0.3198

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  • Godwin, George (1839), Churches of London, Vols.1–2, C. Tilt
  • Huelin, G. (1996), Vanished Churches of the City of London, London: Guildhall Library Publications, ISBN 978-0-900422-42-3
  • Reynolds, H. (1922), The Churches of the City of London, London: The Bodley Head Limited

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