---
title: "St Bride, City of London"
description: "Located in City of London, Greater London. Built 1670–84 by Wren; interior reconstructed after the Blitz. Diocese of London. Grade I. English Baroque style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Greater London","City of London","Fleet Street","Grade I","English Baroque","Christopher Wren","Diocese of London"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-bride-city-london"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:29:33.683Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T00:33:08.038Z"
location: "City of London, Greater London"
country: "England"
county: "Greater London"
town: "City of London"
address: "Fleet Street, City of London, Greater London, EC4Y 8AU"
postcode: "EC4Y 8AU"
built: "1670–84 by Wren; interior reconstructed after the Blitz"
architect: "Christopher Wren"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Bride"]
diocese: "London"
grade: "I"
style: "English Baroque"
materials: "Portland stone"
website: "http://www.stbrides.com/"
openingHours: "The church is open to all during the following hours: Monday to Friday: 8am to 6pm. Saturday: hours vary (contact office). Sunday: 10am to 6.30pm."
parish: "St Bride Fleet Street"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064657"
gridReference: "TQ 315 811"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# St Bride, City of London

St Bride’s on Fleet Street is a Grade I City church designed by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire, long associated with printers and journalists. It stands in the Diocese of London.

## Overview

Historic England records a church of 1670–84 by Wren: an aisled nave with clerestory, shallow chancel and west tower flanked by lobbies, faced in Portland stone. Tall round-arched windows, an elaborated three-light east window, pedimented north doorways and elliptical clerestory windows mark the exterior. The stone steeple — Wren’s famous tiered “wedding cake” — is of particular distinction. The interior was burnt in the Second World War and rebuilt in near facsimile: coupled Doric columns support the arcade and plaster vault. The gallery was omitted and the east end altered. No old fittings survive. Two stone figures of charity children from the former school stand at the west end. Footings of earlier churches and Roman buildings have been uncovered in the crypt.

Wikipedia notes a dedication to Brigid of Kildare, possibly from the sixth century, and complete destruction in the Great Fire of 1666. Wren’s church was gutted in the Blitz in 1940 and reconstructed in the 1950s. It was listed Grade I on 4 January 1950. The parish remains St Bride Fleet Street.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1064657](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064657)
- [St Bride's Church](http://www.stbrides.com/)