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Description: | This is one of the original architectural drawings of Henry Flitcroft, entitled "the steeple agreed to Feb 23 1732/3." St Giles in the Fields has its origins in a leper hospital founded by Matilda, wife of Henry I. It was dedicated to St Giles and founded "in fields" outside the city wall. The hospital chapel gradually became used as a parish church. The plague of 1665 started in St Giles' parish and the old church was structurally damaged by the huge number of burials that took place. In 1711, The Fifty New Churches Act, put forward a proposal for a new church at St Giles. Henry Filtcroft successfully competed against other architects James Gibbs and Nicholas Hawksmoor in a competition to design the church. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Cartography And Topography Sacred Architecture Churches Architectural Drawings Architecture Elevations | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Flitcroft, Henry | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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