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The Colours of St Paul’s St Paul’s Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and mother church of the Diocese of London. It sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognisable sights of London, with its dome, framed by the spires of Wren’s City churches, dominating the skyline for 300 years.[3] At 365 feet (111 m) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962, and its dome is also among the highest in the world.
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower. The tower is officially known as the Elizabeth Tower, renamed as such to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II (prior to being renamed in 2012 it was known
as simply “Clock Tower�). The tower holds the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and is the third-tallest free-standing clock tower. The tower was completed in 1858 and had its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009, during which celebratory events took place.
The tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of the United Kingdom and is often in the establishing shot of films set in London. The main bell, officially known as the Great Bell, is the largest
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Great Clock of Westminster. The bell is better known by the nickname Big Ben. The original bell was a 16 ton (16.3-tonne) hour bell, cast on 6 August 1856 in Stockton-on-Tees by John Warner & Sons. The bell was named in honour of Sir Benjamin Hall, and his name is inscribed on it.
However, another theory for the origin of the name is that the bell may have been named after a contemporary heavyweight boxer Benjamin Caunt.
It is thought that the bell was originally to be called Victoria or Royal Victoria in honour of Queen Victoria,but got the nickname big ben in the end.
A tree typically has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground by the trunk. This trunk typically contains woody tissue for strength, and vascular tissue to carry materials from one part of the tree to another. For most trees it is surrounded by a layer of bark which serves as a protective barri370 mill i o n years. Trees are not a tonomic group but include a variety of plant species that have independently evolved a woody trunk and branches as a way to tower above other plants to compete for sunlight.
DES In bota n y , a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are usable as lumber or plants above a specified height. In looser senses, the taller palms, the tree ferns, bananas and bamboos are also trees. Trees tend to be long-lived, some reaching several thousand years old. The tallest known tree, a coast redwood named Hyperion, stands 115.6 m (379 ft) high. Trees have been in existence on the Earth for
A tree typically has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground by the trunk. This trunk typically contains woody tissue for strength, and vascular tissue to carry materials from one part of the tree to another. For most trees it is surrounded by a layer of bark which serves as a protective barri370 mill i o n years. Trees are not a tonomic group but include a variety of plant species that have independently evolved a woody trunk and branches as a way to tower above other plants to compete for sunlight.
SIGN In bota n y , a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are usable as lumber or plants above a specified height. In looser senses, the taller palms, the tree ferns, bananas and bamboos are also trees. Trees tend to be long-lived, some reaching several thousand years old. The tallest known tree, a coast redwood named Hyperion, stands 115.6 m (379 ft) high. Trees have been in existence on the Earth for
Ancient Design
The City of London is the place from which the capital grew - so it’s no surprise that you’ll find some of London’s most historic buildings here. As you wander around you’re likely to see bits of Roman Wall and you can even visit the remains of London’s only Roman amphitheatre. Don’t miss seeing the majestic trio of the Mansion House, Royal Exchange and the Bank of England at Bank
junction - and be sure to pay a visit to the Gothic-looking Guildhall (guided tours take place each month). Browse our listings below for must-see buildings. The cathedral took 35 years to build. Wren’s design integrates Renaissance concepts into the more Gothic style typical of English churches. St Paul’s has played host to the funerals of Nelson, Wellington and Church.
Stained Glass Windows
St Paul’s Cathedral is an exceptionally well-documented historic building and the architectural archive charts the history of the design, construction, decoration and maintenance of the present cathedral designed by Sir Christopher Wren. The original drawings by Wren and his draughtsmen as well as the building accounts, contracts and records of the Rebuilding Commission are held in the cathedral’s deposited collections at London Metropolitan Archives. The Wren office drawings have recently been reappraised and catalogued by architectural historian Dr Gordon Higgott and all 226 drawings are published on the Cathedral’s online collections database. The Surveyors’ Papers
Francis Cranmer Penrose (Surveyor, 1852–1897) to the present day and record the structural changes and decorative embellishments to the Cathedral during this period. These include the decoration of the interior and the addition of mosaics and stained glass windows during the second half of the nineteenth-century, the extension and re-arrangement of the choir, the structural reinforcement of the dome and dome piers during the 1920s, the post-war reconstruction and redesign of the bomb-damaged east end, north transept and Chapter House, and more recent works including the interior cleaning project. The archive also includes designs by some very famous names, such as the eighteenth-century English history painter, Sir James Thornhill, the nineteenth-century architectural partnership ofBodley and Garner, Nazarene illustrator Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, architect and Surveyor to Westminster Abbey Stephen Dykes Bower, twentieth-century sculptors WilliamReid Dick and John Skelton, and stained glass designer Brian Thomas. The records demonstrate the working relationships between StPaul’s and the artists commissioned to embellish the historic interior and are complemented by the Cathedral’s larger hanging collections and models, which include designs by Alfred Stevens, William Burges, FC Penrose, William Blake Richmond and Mervyn Macartney. St Paul’s Cathedral is an exceptionally well-documented historic building and the architectural archive charts the history of the design, construction, decoration and maintenance of the present cathedral designed by Sir Christopher Wren. The original drawings by Wren and his draughtsmen as well as the building accounts, contracts and records. of the Rebuilding Commission are held in the cathedral’s deposited collections at London Metropolitan Archives. The Wren office drawings have recently
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