Question of the week: London has hundreds of historic churches - are there any particular jewels you would recommend? "St Stephen Walbrook is tucked to one side and surrounded by traffic and City buildings. Enter via such steep steps you can imagine climbing to Heaven, a feeling not unreasonable as you find yourself looking up to a dome of such dimensions and light as to give you pause.
Pause, though, on the steps to read the massive inscription regarding Sir Christopher Wren, and you'll grasp that this building was his model for St Paul's Cathedral.
Resume climbing; at the top you'll find a remarkable architectural jewel of a space, recently restored and updated, punctuated by the altar designed by Sir Henry Moore. Notice the remarkable dome. Notice the windows. Notice the sharply delineated classical mouldings.
Afterwards with St Stephen's in mind you might re-visit St Paul's and also see the fine exhibition of Moore's sculptures presently on at Tate Britain down in Milbank (the 87 will take you the last bit of the way -- perhaps you can catch an 11 or 15 from St Stephen Walbrook)."
- Dr Holt
* Photo by BabyDinosaur, used under Creative Commons, with thanks.
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