---
title: "St Magnus the Martyr, City of London"
description: "Located in City of London, Greater London. Built 1671–87; steeple finished 1705. Diocese of London. Grade I. English Baroque style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Greater London","City of London","Grade I","English Baroque","Christopher Wren"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-magnus-martyr-city-london"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:29:39.226Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T00:34:08.912Z"
location: "City of London, Greater London"
country: "England"
county: "Greater London"
town: "City of London"
address: "Lower Thames Street, City of London, Greater London, EC3R 6DN"
postcode: "EC3R 6DN"
built: "1671–87; steeple finished 1705"
architect: "Sir Christopher Wren"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Magnus the Martyr"]
diocese: "London"
grade: "I"
style: "English Baroque"
materials: "Portland stone to the north elevation; rubble patched with brick to the east; lead-covered dome and spire"
website: "http://www.stmagnusmartyr.org.uk/"
openingHours: "Church is usually open Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 4pm."
parish: "St Magnus the Martyr"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064601"
gridReference: "TQ 329 807"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Magnus the Martyr, City of London

St Magnus the Martyr is a Grade I Wren church on Lower Thames Street, beside London Bridge, in the Diocese of London.

## Overview

Historic England records a rebuild of 1671 to 1687, with the steeple finished in 1705, by Sir Christopher Wren. The church is a rectangular aisled building with clerestory. The north elevation is Portland stone, with a pedimented doorway and a circular opening enriched with a carved festoon; the east wall, of rubble patched with brick, has a single blocked opening. The west tower is pierced by north and south archways, with a bracketed clock dated 1709, a high lantern, pilastered and arcaded, a lead-covered dome, small lantern and spire.

The interior has an Ionic colonnade on octagonal bases supporting a later eighteenth-century plaster barrel vault and flat aisle ceilings. The listing notes a west organ gallery on wrought-iron columns, a large reredos with painted panels of Moses and Aaron, a pulpit with tester, high pews to the west, wainscot, a wrought-iron altar rail and a sword rest. The medieval church stood at the north end of London Bridge; after the Great Fire the parish of St Margaret New Fish Street was united with St Magnus.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1064601](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064601)
- [Parish website](http://www.stmagnusmartyr.org.uk/)