page_title: St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange
section_title: Rebuilding
hierarchical_section_title: St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange / Rebuilding
caption_attribution_description: English: Parish bench marks on front wall of Bank of England
context_page_description: St. Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange was a church and parish in the City of London located on Bartholomew Lane, off Threadneedle Street. Recorded since the 13th century, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, then rebuilt by the office of Sir Christopher Wren. The rebuilt church was demolished in 1840.
context_section_description: St. Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange was one of 89 churches destroyed in the Great Fire.    An entry in Robert Hooke’s diary of 1674 records a decision to pull down the damaged steeple.  Rebuilding began the following year and finished in 1683 at a total cost of £5077.
  The plan of the new church was irregular as it was built on the foundations of its predecessor.
  Only the west face of the church, on Bartholomew Lane, was exposed.  This was three bays wide, the central bay being equal in width to the two outer bays combined.  The two outer bays had large round headed windows, while the central bay had a Venetian window above the main entrance. The tower was in the south west corner and was built of brick, with a parapet on top. In the middle of each side was an open arch supported by ramps.  This was either a whimsical design or preparation for a steeple that was never erected.
  Inside, the church was divided into a nave and two aisles by two rows of eight columns which also supported a clerestory. St. Bartholomew’s was one of the few Wren churches to have a protruding chancel.  In addition to the tower, also projecting from the quadrilateral body from the church was a chapel on the south side – on the site of the 1509 Capel chapel and a vestry room on the north east corner.
  Carlos described the church’s interior as “light and graceful”.
caption: Parish boundary mark on wall of the Bank of England
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