St Botolph's Aldgate
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| St Botolph without Aldgate and Holy Trinity Minories | |
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| 51°30′50″N 00°04′34″W / 51.51389°N 0.07611°WCoordinates: 51°30′50″N 00°04′34″W / 51.51389°N 0.07611°W | |
| Location | City of London |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Previous denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Churchmanship | Liberal / Modern Catholic |
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| Status | Active |
| Functional status | Parish church |
| Heritage designation | Grade I listed building |
| Architect(s) | George Dance the Elder |
| Architectural type | Georgian architecture |
| Years built | 1115; 16th century; 1741 |
| Completed | 1744 |
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| Parish | St Botolph without Aldgate |
| Deanery | City of London |
| Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of London |
| Episcopal area | Two Cities (London and Westminster) |
| Diocese | Diocese of London |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Bishop of London |
| Rector | The Revd Laura Burgess |
| Chaplain(s) | The Revd Andrew Richardson |
St Botolph's Aldgate (St Botolph without Aldgate and Holy Trinity Minories in full, sometimes known simply as Aldgate Church) is a Church of England parish church in London, standing at the junction of Houndsditch and Aldgate High Street in the historic City of London. The current 18th-century church building is made of brick with stone quoins and window casings. The tower is square with an obelisk spire.
The ecclesiastical parish was united with that of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories, in 1899.
The church was one of four in medieval London dedicated to St Botolph, a 7th-century East Anglian saint, each of which stood by one of the gates of the London Wall. The others erected were St Botolph's, Billingsgate (destroyed by the Great Fire and not rebuilt); St Botolph's, Aldersgate; and St Botolph's, Bishopsgate.
The earliest known written record of the church dates from 1115, when it was received by the Holy Trinity Priory (recently founded by Matilda, wife of Henry I) but the parochial foundations may very well date from before 1066.
The church was rebuilt in the 16th century at the cost of the priors of the Holy Trinity, and renovated in 1621. It escaped the Great Fire of London, and was described at the beginning of the 18th century as "an old church, built of Brick, Rubble and Stone, rendered over, and ... of the Gothick order". The building, as it stood at that time, was 78 ft long (24 m) and 53 ft wide (16 m). There was a tower, about 100 ft tall (30 m), with six bells.
St Botolph's was completely rebuilt between 1741 and 1744, to a design by George Dance the Elder. The exterior is of brick with projecting quoins, stone windows surrounds and a stone cornice. The tower, also of brick, has rusticated quoins, and a stone spire. The interior of the building is divided into nave and aisles by four widely spaced piers supporting a flat ceiling. There are galleries along three sides. The church is lit by two rows of windows in each side wall, one above and one below the gallery. The monuments from the old building were preserved, and reinstalled in the new church.
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