List of works by Christopher Wren

Further information: List of Christopher Wren churches in London

Extant works

Image	Name	Location	Date	Listing	Comment	Coordinates
	Pembroke College Chapel	Pembroke College, Cambridge	1663–65	Grade I (1950)	Chancel arch and extra bay added by George Gilbert Scott in 1880	52°12′06″N 0°07′07″E
	Sheldonian Theatre	University of Oxford, Oxford	1664–69	Grade I (1954)		51°45′16″N 1°15′18″W
	Emmanuel College Chapel	Emmanuel College, Cambridge	1666	Grade I (1950)		52°12′14″N 0°07′28″E
	Garden Quadrangle (north building)	Trinity College, Oxford	1665–1668	Grade I (1954)	Attributed to Wren, an additional story was later added	51°45′21″N 1°15′27″W
	Temple Bar Gate	Fleet Street, St James's, City of Westminster	1669	Grade I (2010)		51°30′49″N 0°06′43″W
	St Michael's Cornhill	Cornhill, Cornhill, City of London	1669–72	Grade I (1950)	Survived in original form	51°30′47.50″N 0°5′7.68″W
	St Mary-at-Hill	Lovat Lane, Billingsgate, City of London	1670–76	Grade I (1950)	Substantially altered in 1787–88 and 1826–27	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)	Survived in original form	51°30′44.62″N 0°5′10.68″W
	St Mary-le-Bow	Cheapside, Cordwainer, City of London	1670–83	Grade I (1950)	Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz	51°30′50″N 0°05′37″W
	St Bride's Church	Fleet Street, Castle Baynard, City of London	1670–84	Grade I (1950)	Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz	51°30′50″N 0°6′21″W
	St Lawrence Jewry	Gresham Street, Cheap, City of London	1670–86	Grade I (1950)	Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz	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)	Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz	51°30′53.56″N 0°5′46.08″W
	The Monument	Bridge, City of London	1671–77	Grade I (1950)		51°30′53.56″N 0°5′46.08″W
	St Nicholas Cole Abbey	Queen Victoria Street, Bread Street Ward, City of London	1671–81	Grade I (1950)	Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz	51°30′43″N 0°5′48″W
	St Magnus-the-Martyr	Lower Thames Street, Bridge, City of London	1671–87	Grade I (1950)	Altered after London Bridge was widened in 1762	51°30′33.41″N 0°5′10.81″W
	St Stephen Walbrook	Walbrook, Walbrook, City of London	1672–79	Grade I (1950)	Survived in original form	51°30′45.46″N 0°5′23.71″W
	Wren Library	Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln	1674–76	Grade I (1953)		53°14′05″N 0°32′09″W
	Flamsteed House, Royal Observatory, Greenwich	Greenwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich	1675–76	Grade I (1973)		51°28′41″N 0°00′07″W
	St Paul's Cathedral	St Paul's Churchyard, Castle Baynard, City of London	1675-1711	Grade I (1950)	Survived in original form	51°30′49″N 0°05′53″W
	St James Garlickhythe	Garlick Hill, Vintry, City of London	1676–83	Grade I (1950)	Survived in original form	51°30′39.99″N 0°5′37.54″W
	St James's Church, Piccadilly	Piccadilly, St James's, City of Westminster		Grade I (1958)	Destroyed in 1940; restored in 1947–54 after the Blitz	51°30′31″N 0°8′12″W
	Wren Library	Nevile's Court, Trinity College, Cambridge	1676–95	Grade I (1950)		52°12′26″N 0°06′54″E
	St Benet Paul's Wharf	Queen Victoria Street, Queenhithe, City of London	1677–83	Grade I (1950)	Survived in original form	51°30′42.01″N 0°5′57.38″W
	St Martin, Ludgate	Ludgate Hill, Farringdon Within, City of London	1677–84	Grade I (1950)	Survived in original form	51°30′50.55″N 0°6′6.99″W
	St Peter upon Cornhill	Cornhill, Cornhill, City of London	1677–84	Grade I (1950)	Survived in original form	51°30′47.7″N 0°5′4.5″W
	St Anne and St Agnes	Gresham Street, Aldersgate, City of London	1676–87	Grade I (1950)	Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz; rededicated in 1966	51°30′59″N 0°5′47″W
	St Mary Aldermary	Queen Victoria Street, Cordwainer, City of London	1679–82	Grade I (1950)	Survived in original form	51°30′46″N 0°05′36″W
	St Clement Danes	The Strand, City of Westminster	1680–82	Grade I (1958)	Destroyed in 1941; reconsecrated in 1958 after the Blitz.	51.513107°N 0.113898°W / 51.513107; -0.113898
	Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford	Christ Church, Oxford	1681–82	Grade I (1984)		51°45′00″N 1°15′24″W
	St Mary Abchurch	Abchurch Lane, Candlewick, City of London	1681–86	Grade I (1950)	Survived in original form; dome painted in 1708	51°30′42.02″N 0°5′18.05″W
	Royal Hospital Chelsea	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	1681–1692	Grade I (1969)		51°29′15″N 0°09′30″W
	Interior of Temple Church	Fleet Street, Farringdon Without, City of London	1682–83	Grade I (1950)	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
	St Clement's, Eastcheap	Clement's Lane, Candlewick, City of London	1683–87	Grade I (1950)	Survived in original form	51°30′40.77″N 0°5′12.81″W
	St Margaret Pattens	Eastcheap, Billingsgate, City of London	1684–87	Grade I (1950)	Survived in original form	51°30′38.75″N 0°4′58.74″W
	St Michael Paternoster Royal	College Hill, Dowgate, City of London	1686–94	Grade I (1950)	Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz; restored in 1966–8	51°30′40.22″N 0°5′31.76″W
	St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe	Queen Victoria Street, Castle Baynard, City of London	1685–95	Grade I (1950)	Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz; rededicated in 1961	51°30′44.44″N 0°6′4.89″W
	St Margaret Lothbury	Lothbury, Coleman Street Ward and Broad Street Ward, City of London	1686–90	Grade I (1950)	Survived in original form	51°30′52.91″N 0°5′19.92″W
	St Andrew, Holborn	Holborn Viaduct, Farringdon Without, City of London	1686–87	Grade I (1950)	Substantially rebuilt after the Blitz; re-opened in 1961	51°31′2.10″N 0°6′24.14″W
	Kensington Palace	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London	1689	Grade I (1969)		51°30′18″N 0°11′15″W
	Windsor Guildhall	Windsor, Berkshire	1689	Grade I		51°28′56″N 0°36′26″W
	Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School	Appleby Magna, Leicestershire	1693–97	Grade I		52°40′45″N 1°32′15″W
	Hampton Court Palace	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	1689	Grade I (1952)		51°24′11″N 0°20′13″W
	Greenwich Hospital, London	Greenwich, London	1696–1705	Grade I (1973), UNESCO World Heritage Site		51°29′00″N 0°00′20″W
	Marlborough House	St James's, City of Westminster, London	1711	Grade I (1970)		51°30′18″N 0°08′10″W

Partially extant

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
	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 private residence	51°30′56.94″N 0°5′56.93″W
	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
	St Alban's, Wood Street	Wood Street, Bassishaw, City of London	1682–87	Grade II (1950)	Destroyed in the Blitz. The tower is private dwelling	51°30′59.69″N 0°5′38.95″W
	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
	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

Demolished or destroyed

Image	Name	Location	Date	Comment	Coordinates
	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	51.5141°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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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	51.51376°N 0.0873°W / 51.51376; -0.0873
	St Stephen Coleman Street	Coleman Street, Coleman Street Ward, City of London	1677	Destroyed in the Blitz and demolished in 1940	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	51.5123°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	51.5124°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
	All-Hallows-the-Great	Upper Thames Street, Dowgate, City of London	1677–84	Demolished in 1894 due to the Union of Benefices Act 1860	51.5100°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
	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
	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
	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	51.5131°N 0.0951°W / 51.5131; -0.0951
	Latin School, Christ's Hospital	Newgate Street, Farringdon Within, City of London	1682	Demolished in 1902
	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
	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
	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
	St Michael, Crooked Lane	Miles's Lane, Candlewick, City of London	1687	Demolished in 1831: wider approaches were needed for the rebuilt London Bridge	51.51070°N 0.087280°W / 51.51070; -0.087280

Unbuilt

• Mausoleum for Charles I, 1678

Historically attributed to Wren

A number of works have without supporting documentary evidence have been attributed to Wren. Speaking of this tendency, biographer Adrian Tinniswood writes "If Wren was connected with a building, however remotely, it was slotted into the rapidly expanding canon."

Image	Name	Location	Date	Listing	Legitimacy	Coordinates
	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane	Covent Garden, London	1674		Attribution widely disputed by contemporary scholars.
	Church of St Mary the Virgin	Ingestre, Stafford, Staffordshire	1676			52.81974°N 2.03602°W / 52.81974; -2.03602
	Royal Hospital Kilmainham	Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland	1679–87		Now attributed to William Robinson.	53.34290°N 6.30003°W / 53.34290; -6.30003
	Boone's Chapel	Blackheath, London	1683	Grade I (1954)		51°27′31″N 0°00′10″E
	Fawley Court	Fawley, Buckinghamshire	1684	Grade I (1952)		51°33′06″N 0°53′52″W
	Morden College	Blackheath, London	1695
	Wren Building	College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia	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
	Orangery, Kensington Palace	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London	1704–1706	Grade I (1969)	"designed ostensibly by Wren, but more likely the work of Hawksmoor and (perhaps) Vanbrugh"	51°30′24″N 0°11′16″W

Bibliography

• Betjeman, John (1992) [1967], Sovereign City of London Churches, Andover: Pitkin, ISBN 978-0-85372-565-7
• 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