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'{{Infobox church | name = St Dunstan-in-the-East | fullname = | color = | image = St Dunstan-in-the-East.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Current photo of site | landscape = | denomination = [[Roman Catholic]], [[Church of England]] | diocese = | parish = | founded_date = | founder = | architect = [[Christopher Wren]], [[David Laing (19th century architect)|David Laing]] | style = | heritage designation = Grade I | constructed_date = | dedicated_date = | closed_date = | demolished_date = | location = St. Dunstan's Hill<br>London<br> EC3R 5DD | country = United Kingdom | website = }} '''St Dunstan-in-the-East''' was a [[Church of England parish church]] on St Dunstan's Hill, halfway between [[London Bridge]] and the [[Tower of London]] in the [[City of London]]. The church was largely destroyed in the [[Second World War]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=T. |title=The Visitors Guide to the City of London Churches |isbn=0-9553945-0-3 |year=2006 |publisher=Friends of the City Churches |location=London |page= |pages= }}</ref> and the ruins are now a public garden. Feed farted on it lol ==History== [[File:St Dunstan in the East 13.08.2014 12-55-19.jpg|thumb|upright|St Dunstan-in-the-East inside (2014)]] The church was originally built in about 1100. A new south aisle was added in 1391 and the church was repaired in 1631 at a cost of more than £2,400.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Murray |first1=Thomas Boyles |title=Chronicles of a City Church, an account of the parish church of St. Dunstan in the East |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZNkHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover |accessdate=22 October 2011 |year=1859 |publisher=Smith, Elder & Son |location=London |isbn= |page=10}}</ref> It was severely damaged in the [[Great Fire of London]] in 1666.<ref>"The City Churches" Tabor, M. p72:London; The Swarthmore Press Ltd; 1917</ref> Rather than being completely rebuilt, the damaged church was patched up between 1668 and 1671.<ref>"The London Encyclopaedia" Hibbert,C; Weinreb,D; Keay,J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993,2008) {{ISBN|978-1-4050-4924-5}}</ref> A steeple was added in 1695–1701 to the designs of [[Christopher Wren|Sir Christopher Wren]]. It was built in a gothic style sympathetic to main body of the church, though with heavy string courses of a kind not used in the Middle Ages. It has a needle spire carried on four flying buttresses in the manner of that of [[Newcastle Cathedral|St Nicholas in Newcastle]].<ref name=city>{{cite book |last1=Bradley |first1=Simon|last2= Pevsner|first2=Nikolaus |title=London:the City Churches |series=The Buildings of England |volume= |date= |year= |publisher=Penguin Books |location=London |isbn=0-14-071100-7 |page=80 }}</ref> The restored church had wooden carvings by [[Grinling Gibbons]] and an organ by [[Bernard Smith (organ builder)|Father Smith]], which was transferred to the [[St Albans Cathedral|abbey]] at [[St Albans]] in 1818. In 1817 it was found that the weight of the nave roof had thrust the walls seven inches out of the perpendicular. It was decided to rebuild the church from the level of the arches, but the state of the structure proved so bad that the whole building was taken down. It was rebuilt to a design in the perpendicular style by [[David Laing (19th century architect)|David Laing]] (then architect to the Board of Customs) with assistance from [[William Tite]]. The foundation stone was laid in November 1817 and the church re-opened for worship in January 1821. Built of [[Portland stone]], with a plaster [[lierne (vault)|lierne]] nave vault, it was 115 feet long and 65 feet wide and could accommodate between six and seven hundred people. The cost of the work was £36,000. Wren's tower was retained in the new building.<ref name=city/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Murray |first1=Thomas Boyles |title=Chronicles of a City Church, an account of the parish church of St. Dunstan in the East |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZNkHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover |accessdate=22 October 2011 |year=1859 |publisher=Smith, Elder & Son |location=London |isbn= |page=43}}</ref> The church was severely damaged in [[the Blitz]] of 1941. Wren's tower and steeple survived the bombs' impact. Of the rest of the church only the north and south walls remained. In the re-organisation of the Anglican Church in London following the War it was decided not to rebuild St Dunstan's, and in 1967 the [[City of London Corporation]] decided to turn the ruins of the church into a public garden, which opened in 1971. A lawn and trees were planted in the ruins, with a low fountain in the middle of the nave. The tower now houses the All Hallows House Foundation. [[File:St Dunstan in the East 1891.jpg|thumb|right|St Dunstan's in 1891]] The parish is now combined with the [[Benefice#Church of England|Benefice]] of [[All Hallows by the Tower]] and occasional open-air services are held in the church, such as on [[Palm Sunday]] prior to a procession to [[All Hallows by the Tower]] along St Dunstan's Hill and Great Tower Street. The ruin was designated a [[Listed Building#England and Wales|Grade I listed building]] on 4 January 1950.<ref>{{IoE|199522|accessdate= 23 January 2009}} </ref> ==See also== {{Portal|Anglicanism}} * [[St Dunstan-in-the-West]] * [[List of Christopher Wren churches in London]] * [[List of churches rebuilt after the Great Fire but since demolished]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.allhallowsbythetower.org.uk/st_dunstan's_in_the_east.htm Information on St Dunstan] *[http://www.oldlondonmaps.com/viewspages/0040.html An engraving showing the medieval church and Sir Christopher Wren's spire.] *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/sevenwonders/london/city_gardens/ BBC "Hidden gardens of the City" Facts] *[http://www.wrenclinic.co.uk The All Hallows House Foundation "Wren Clinic" website] {{Churches in the City of London}} {{Coord|51|30|34.82|N|0|4|57.80|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Dunstan in the East}} [[Category:Christopher Wren church buildings in London]] [[Category:Parks and open spaces in the City of London]] [[Category:Churches in the City of London, of which only the tower remains]] [[Category:Grade I listed churches in London]] [[Category:17th-century Church of England church buildings]] [[Category:Churches bombed by the Luftwaffe in London|Dunstan]] [[Category:Ruined churches of World War II]] [[Category:Ruins in London]] [[Category:Church ruins in England]] [[Category:Grade I listed buildings in the City of London]]'