Church Of St Alphage |
| Hob Uid: 405432 | |
Location :
Greater London Authority
City and County of the City of London
Non Civil Parish
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| Grid Ref : TQ3245881569 |
| Summary : Built in 1332 as the Chapel of the Priory and Hospital of St Mary-Within-Cripplegate, (also known as Elsing Hospital). According to Stow, the priory replaced a house of nuns which was in great decay in 1329. In 1340, the secular priests were replaced by Augustinians under a prior. It was supressed as a lesser monastery in 1536. It supplanted the earlier St Alphege's Church (TQ38SW25) as the parish church after the Dissolution. The lowest two courses of the central tower and parts of the West and East walls remained after the rest was rebuilt in 1777. It appears that the nave had served as the hospital and the quire as the hospital chapel. It was pulled down in 1923. |
More information : PARISH CHURCH OF ST. ALPHEGE stood on the S. side of London Wall at the western angle of Aldermanbury. It was founded by William de Elsing in 1329 as the chapel of the Priory and Hospital of St. Mary-Within-Cripplegate. The two lower stages of the tower and the W. wall and part of the E. wall of the vestibule date from the foundation, but the rest of the church was rebuilt in 1777 and pulled down in 1923. The tower appears to have been central, the structural quire forming the Hospital chapel and the nave being possibly the hospital itself. The N. front of the vestibule was rebuilt in 1914. (For further details see Inventory). (1)
Church of St Alphage - remains of tower, grade 2. (2)
(See also TQ 38 SW 25 and 969) |