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Description: | During a single night of incendiary bombing on 29 December 1940, every street from Moorgate to Aldersgate was destroyed. St Giles Cripplegate church was reduced to a burnt-out shell: only the walls and tower remained.
Harold Hussey's painting records the appearance of the prepared site immediately before the construction of the Barbican Estate between 1959 and 1982. The view is from the northeast near the junction of Aldersgate and Beech Streets. The restored St Giles Cripplegate is seen in the centre background. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Charles Hussey | Subjects: | Public services Cityscape Art and Design | Temporal: | 1962 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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