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unusual facts about sir Christopher Wren



Architects and Engineers Building

The names of prominent architects such as Leonardo da Vinci, Filippo Brunelleschi, Sir Christopher Wren, Charles Follen McKim, and Henry Hobson Richardson are painted in gold within the arches between each pair of third-floor windows.

Government House, Belize

The finest colonial structure in Belize City, Government House (now the House of Culture Museum) is said to have been built to plans by the illustrious British architect Sir Christopher Wren with a combination of Caribbean Vernacular and English Urban architecture.

Lainston House

Commissioned by Charles II to build a palace at Winchester, renowned English architect Sir Christopher Wren started work on the site in 1683 by building on the grounds of an earlier mediaeval dwelling.

Modello

There are alternative, unrealised, modelli for many famous buildings, including St Peter's, Rome and the "Great Model" of St Paul's Cathedral, London, showing a different design by Sir Christopher Wren from that actually built.

Rural cemetery

As early as 1711 the architect Sir Christopher Wren had advocated the creation of burial grounds on the outskirts of town, "inclosed with a strong Brick Wall, and having a walk round, and two cross walks, decently planted with Yew-trees".

Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School

The school was constructed between 1693 and 1697, based on an original design by Sir Christopher Wren and Sir William Wilson.

Theobalds House

These included a remodelled entrance based on Sir Christopher Wren's Temple Bar, which had been dismantled and stored in a yard at Farringdon Road.

Union Buildings

The concept of an acropolis and a building that agreed with renowned British Architect sir Christopher Wren's theory that a public building should be a national ornament which establishes a nation, draws people and commerce and makes people love their country easily persuaded the then powers that be, who were at the time, preoccupied with the ideal of establishing a new and united nation.

Wren Society

Founded in 1832, to honor the two hundredth birthday of Sir Christopher Wren, the society quickly grew in prominence.


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All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames

The church contains a 14th-century wall painting of St. Blaise, a 17th-century marble font attributed to Sir Christopher Wren, twelve bells and an 18th-century carillon, the great west window of the 19th century, and the Frobenius organ installed in 1988.

James Elmes

In 1813-4 he restored the top part of the spire of Chichester Cathedral, reconstructing the pendulum device incorporated into it by Sir Christopher Wren to counteract the effects of strong winds.