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2016 photos![]() Baroque style ... Wren ... See also: Wren ![]() Church brochure. "Wren's churches were intended to be what he called 'auditories', in which everyone present could see, hear and feel themselves part of the congregation. A well-lit interior was imperative, with the minimum of obstruction from internal supports." - Church brochure: Kerry Downes, "A Thousand years of the Church of St. Stephen Walbrook" ![]() Rectangular body with stone
columns supporting
large, plaster dome with barrel-vaulted
arms and flat ceilings to corner compartments ...
Round-arched, circular and elliptical windows ... Recessed clerestory windows segmentally arched or lunettes ... Roman Corinthian columns and pilasters, on low pedestals, with rich entablature ... 8 arches support the coffered dome and lantern, all with plaster enrichment ![]() Center top of photo: boss ... Coffered dome ... Roman Corinthian columns ... Note daylight from the outdoor lantern atop the dome - see detail in photo below: ![]() Lantern atop the dome ![]() Plaster coffered dome ... Roman Corinthian columns ![]() Coffered dome ... Rosettes bordered by egg-and-dart molding ![]() Foliated coffer bordered by egg-and-dart molding ![]() Rectangular body with stone
columns supporting
large, plaster dome with barrel-vaulted
arms and flat ceilings to corner compartments ...
Round-arched, circular and elliptical windows ... Recessed clerestory windows segmentally arched or lunettes ... Roman Corinthian columns and pilasters, on low pedestals, with rich entablature ... 8 arches support the coffered dome and lantern, all with plaster enrichment ... Note dark colored pulpit (detailed below) ![]() These window arches have become the Church's principal light source since the east windows are colored and the oval side windows are shielded by later buildings. ![]() ![]() ![]() Plaster ... Egg-and-dart molding ... Acanthus leaves ... Roman Corinthian capital ![]() Roman Corinthian capital ![]() Organ and brass chandelier ![]() Brass chandelier ![]() "In 1987, as part of a major programme of repairs and reordering, a massive white polished stone altar commissioned from the sculptor Henry Moore by churchwarden Peter Palumbo was installed in the centre of the church. Its unusual positioning required the authorisation of a rare judgment of the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved." - Wikipedia: St Stephen's, Walbrook (online March 2016) ![]() Wooden seating. "After the 1666 fires in London, Wren designed a number of urban churches to replace those lost. This provided an opportunity to move away from a typology that was associated with the Roman Catholic processional service to one that met the needs of a Protestant congregation that was more interactive, where preaching and reading passages from a prayer book were the focus. As a result, Wren’s churches were designed to facilitate speaking and listening. Wren’s name for the churches was “auditories.” - Kerry Traynor, University Presbyterian Church National Trust Nomination. Section 8, pp. 5-6 ![]() Communion table ... IHS detail below: ![]() Communion table detail: IHS ![]() Pulpit ![]() Pulpit canopy: Finial ... Festoons ... Shells ... Two pulpit details below: ![]() Pulpit detail #1 ![]() Pulpit detail #2: Baroque twisted balusters ![]() Radiator covering ... Detail below: ![]() Radiator covering detail ![]() Baptismal font: wooden covering not shown, but detailed in the next two photos below: ![]() Baptismal font figure #1 ![]() Baptismal font figure #2 |