Articles tagged ‘Sir Christopher Wren’

The Monument

By Chris | September 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

In 1666 in a fire started around midnight in the bakery of Thomas Farriner in Pudding Lane, close to London Bridge. The Great Fire of London went on to destroy large parts of the old city and led to a major rebuilding programme. As part of this new construction a monument was proposed that would [...]