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This structure is a plain, decent, and
substantial stone building, enlightened by a
single series of large arched windows,
placed so high that the doors open under
the level of their bottoms. The tower
consists of three stages, and at the top is
surrounded with carved open work instead
of a balustrade: from hence rises a light
and elegant turret adorned with Ionic co-
lumns, and ending in a fine diminution,
which supports the fane.
This church is one of the thirteen pe-
culiars belonging to the Archbishop of
Canterbury, and the Rector, besides his
other profits, receives 140l. a year in lieu
of tithes. Among the several monumen-
tal inscriptions, was one in memory of the
above Sir Richard Whittington.
St. MICHAEL'S WOOD STREET, is seated
on the west side of Wood street, in Crip-
plegate ward. An old church, dedicated
to the same patron, stood there in the year
1392, and probably another succeeded it
towards the close of the fifteenth century;
however, in 1666 the church then stand-
ing was destroyed by the fire of London,
and the present structure, which rose in its
place, was finished a few years after, and
the parish of St. Mary Staining united to
it.
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As the east end of this edifice is the
most conspicuous part, it is ornamented
with four Ionic columns raised upon a con-
tinued pedestal, with arches between, and
supporting a handsome pediment, in the
middle of which is a circular window.
Between the columns are three upright
arched windows, that fill the whole
space. The rest of the body is plain, and
the windows are raised so high that the
doors open under them.
The tower consists of three plain stages
with large windows, from the uppermost
of which rises a small square course, the
foundation of the base of the turret. This
base is cut away from the breadth of the
tower gradually to the diameter of the
turret, which is plain, but handsome; and
from its top rises a ball that supports the
fane.
The patronage of this church was in
the Abbot and Convent of St. Alban's
till the suppression of that monastery,
when Henry VIII. sold it to William
Barwell, who in the year 1588, conveyed
it to several persons in trust for the parish,
in which it still continues. The Rector,
besides his other profits, receives 100l.
a year in lieu of tithes.
MIDDLE court, 1. Bernard's Inn, Holborn.
2. Clement's Inn.
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