Fen Court
.jpg) Fen Court and 'The Gilt of Cain' sculpture | |
| Length | 80 m (260 ft) |
|---|---|
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Postal code | EC3 |
| Nearest Tube station |  Monument |
| Coordinates | 51°30′44″N 0°04′53″W / 51.5121°N 0.0815°W |
| South end | Fenchurch Street |
| To | Fenchurch Avenue |
Fen Court is a short pedestrian passageway in the City of London, linking Fenchurch Street to Fenchurch Avenue.
Fen Court garden
At the middle of the passageway is Fen Court garden, which was re-landscaped in 2008. It is close to the site of an earlier St Mary Woolnoth church, where the reverend John Newton delivered many anti-slavery sermons. A sculpture 'The Gilt of Cain', by Michael Visocchi, was unveiled in the park by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to commemorate the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.[1][2] The London Centre for Spiritual Direction has a small circular labyrinth laid out in the garden.[3]
The garden is on the site of the churchyard of St Gabriel Fenchurch, burnt down in the Great Fire of London in 1666.[1]
One Fen Court
In 2019, a mixed use building of 15 storeys built by Generali Real Estate with Eric Parry Architects,[4] called One Fen Court or 120 Fenchurch Street, opened alongside the east side of Fen Court. The building has a publicly accessible roof garden named The Garden at 120, and is 69 metres (226 ft) high.[5][6][7] A parallel pedestrian route to Fen Court runs through an undercroft in One Fen Court, with a ceiling-mounted public artwork.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Fen Court". City of London. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "Fen Court - City of London". London Gardens Online. 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "London's Pocket Parks: Fen Court, EC3". IanVisits. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Fen Court". Buildington. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ Wainwright, Oliver (21 February 2019). "Fen Court review - a candy-striped miracle in the central London skies". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Fen Court, London, EC3". CBRE. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "One Fen Court". Permasteelisa Group. Retrieved 27 February 2019.