forked from infrastructureclub/open-house-london-data
-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 0
/
Copy path1019.json
243 lines (243 loc) · 17.4 KB
/
1019.json
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
{
"all_week": false,
"description": "Medieval village church, restored 1899 and again in 1952 after WWII bomb damage. 15C font and memorials from five centuries. Grade II* listed. Refurbished for 700th anniversary in 2011; bell tower and cupola restored in 2017-18.",
"design": {
"designers": [
{
"architect": "Unknown ",
"description": "Original design",
"year": "1311"
},
{
"architect": "Metropolitan Parks and Gardens Association",
"description": "Landscape design",
"year": "1895"
},
{
"architect": "C R Ashbee",
"description": "Refurbishment",
"year": "1900"
},
{
"architect": "H S Goodhart-Rendel",
"description": "Restoration",
"year": "1952"
},
{
"architect": "Richard Griffiths Architects",
"description": "Refurbishment",
"year": "2011"
},
{
"architect": "Thomas Ford & Partners",
"description": "Restoration",
"year": "2017"
},
{
"architect": "Matthew Lloyd Architects",
"description": "Refurbishment",
"year": "2019"
}
],
"periods": [
"Medieval"
],
"types": [
"walk/tour",
"monument",
"community/cultural",
"religious"
]
},
"events": [
{
"all_day": false,
"booking_link": null,
"capacity": 20,
"date": "2022-09-04",
"end": "2022-09-04T16:30:00+01:00",
"fully_booked": null,
"name": "Building open. Tours will be offered.",
"notes": null,
"start": "2022-09-04T11:00:00+01:00",
"ticketed": false
},
{
"all_day": false,
"booking_link": null,
"capacity": 20,
"date": "2022-09-05",
"end": "2022-09-05T15:30:00+01:00",
"fully_booked": null,
"name": "Building open. Tours may be offered.",
"notes": null,
"start": "2022-09-05T12:30:00+01:00",
"ticketed": false
}
],
"facilities": [
[
"Refreshments",
"Toilets",
"Disabled access"
]
],
"factsheet": [
{
"heading": "Chapel of Ease",
"paragraphs": [
"Bow Church was licensed in 1311 as a chapel of ease in the parish of St Dunstan’s, Stepney, on a site ‘in the middle of the King’s highway’ granted by King Edward III."
]
},
{
"heading": "Exterior",
"paragraphs": [
"The original building was largely replaced in the 1490s by the church we see today. The rubble stone north aisle wall may date from the 14th century, a relic of the previous structure. Though battered by weather, time, war and restoration, St Mary’s remains essentially the church of the medieval village of Bow. It became a parish church, independent of St Dunstan’s in 1719. In 2006 the parish merged with the parish of Holy Trinity Mile End.",
"The late 15th-century ashlar masonry tower, with its eroded perpendicular window, has been particularly battered. The upper storey collapsed in a storm in 1829 and was restored in a battlemented, ‘medieval’ style. This work was destroyed by bomb damage in 1941 and later replaced by H S Goodhart Rendel with an elegant design in brick. Goodhart Rendel also added a clock and a cupola to his post-WWII restoration of the church, designed new altar tables, and commissioned a new east window in stained and etched glass. In 2011 the church celebrated its 700th anniversary. Richard Griffiths Architects contracted extensive restoration as part of this, including a new lighting scheme. Further restoration to the tower stonework and to the clock and cupola was carried out by Thomas Ford and Partners in 2018. Further repairs and refurbishment were carried out by Matthew Lloyd architects in 2019-21."
]
},
{
"heading": "Interior",
"paragraphs": [
"The aisles, clerestory and chancel have straight-headed late perpendicular windows. The south aisle wall was refaced in 1794. Goodhart Rendel added the ‘Tuscan’ south porch, no longer in use; he did not anticipate today’s traffic. The brick vestries date from the early 18th century and from 1900.",
"Inside the church, a tall tower arch with moulded capitals on rounded shafts, leads to six irregular bays of low octagonal columns. These are probably original to the 1490s but have been restored and made more uniform. Notice the lack of symmetry, the different widths of the aisles and the slight difference in the alignment of the chancel and nave. The chancel, with its painted late-medieval roof, was raised and tiled by A W Blomfield in 1881.",
"Repeated calls in the 19th century for the demolition and replacement of the decayed building were nearly heeded when the chancel roof collapsed in 1896. However, the fledgling conservation movement, including C R Ashbee and the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), ensured that the church was instead restored in a three-year project, undertaken by Osborn C. Hills. Wall panelling, double glazing, and the outer vestry were provided and Ashbee himself designed new choir stalls. In 1902 St Mary’s was the subject of the second monograph of the Survey of London.",
"The unusual but striking east window, with its pastiche classical designs of aedicules, curtains, fountains, vases, and various small animals was designed by Goodhart Rendel’s partner, H Lewis Curtis. It lacks any obvious Christian symbolism, but close inspection reveals that the design draws on the church layout and architecture. For example, Arthur Broome was a perpetual curate at St Mary, Bromley St Leonard, 1820-24. Since Broome was a co-founder of the RSPCA this may explain why a squirrel, owl, pigeons, mice and a cat can be found in the east window.",
"The coupled rafter roof, obscured for several centuries by an 18th-century plaster ceiling has also been much restored.",
"The font, said to be from the time of Henry V, was replaced in the 1620s and left in the minister’s front garden. Brought back into the church in Victorian times, it took the full impact of the collapse of the bombed tower, hence its battered state.",
"There are memorials in the church from every century of its life, including – Grace Amcotte (1551); Thomas Jordan (1671); Alice Coborn (1689); Prisca Coborn (1701); The Rust Family (1704); James & Dorothy Walker (1712); Ann Driffield, wife of an eminent Rector, (1878) and, in the St Stephen’s Chapel, local people who fell in both World Wars. A memorial to local MP George Lansbury was unveiled by his granddaughter Dame Angela Lansbury in May 2011.",
"A vault under the church has about 50 coffins, sealed for health and safety reasons, and has not been entered for over a century."
]
},
{
"heading": "Churchyard",
"paragraphs": [
"The churchyard was created in 1825, when buildings that for centuries had crowded close to the church, were demolished. The church was not the only building on the island site it occupies today. The churchyard is narrow, elongated and tapers at both ends (some say it is coffin-shaped). Previously at the east end there would have been Sir John Jolles’ school – a gabled building – and a small market-place with a cage, or lock-up, for law-breakers.",
"In 1895 the Metropolitan Parks & Garden Authority designed what is still the basic layout of the churchyard. There are few interesting tombstones, though the grave slab of minister Thomas White (d. 1709) has been removed from the chancel to a site north of the tower. The memorial by the gate is to Joseph Dawson and listed Grade II by Historic England. The gothic railings were reinstated in 1984 but frequently suffer damage from traffic.",
"The statue of Prime Minister William Gladstone, outside the church gates, sculpted by Albert Bruce-Joy, was donated by the directors of the Bryant and May match factory and was erected in 1887."
]
},
{
"heading": "Recent work",
"paragraphs": [
"Bow Church has been at the centre of a medieval hamlet, a prosperous Georgian suburb, and a teeming, poverty-stricken, Victorian slum. It remains one of the most familiar landmarks of the eastern East End.",
"Yet the building has been on the Heritage at Risk register since 2014. In the summer of 2018, extensive restoration work on the stonework and clock cupola was completed, thanks to funding from the Heritage Fund with contributions from others such as LB of Tower Hamlets and the National Churches Trust. Phase 2 of that restoration project included the installation of new toilets plus works to the chancel roof and some drainage repairs.",
"Thank you for visiting. Come again!"
]
}
],
"id": 1019,
"images": [
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_church-cnv00150_600e0142d7b1c4189df9d1ab0a40b598.JPG",
"description": "Joy Wotton · 2015",
"title": "West end of Bow Church",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_church-cnv00150_600e0142d7b1c4189df9d1ab0a40b598.JPG"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_06-edwardian-church_9237ca20946284e3df6f366e61e24a70.jpg",
"description": "Bow Church · 1896",
"title": "Bow Church in 1896",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_06-edwardian-church_9237ca20946284e3df6f366e61e24a70.jpg"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_east-window-cat_ef7be412f1abd6cc1cb270ec4bdf95e6.jpg",
"description": "Joy Wotton · 2016",
"title": "The cat in the east window designed by H. Lewis Curtis. Arthur Broome, founder of the RSPCA, was Rector of Bow 1820-24.",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_east-window-cat_ef7be412f1abd6cc1cb270ec4bdf95e6.jpg"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_east-end_fda6084e274a4cb7811f257a9bc75554.jpg",
"description": "Joy Wotton · 2016",
"title": "Interior of Bow Church showing the Tudor chancel roof, CR Ashbee's choir stalls, 1900, and the east window by H. Lewis Curtis, 1951.",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_east-end_fda6084e274a4cb7811f257a9bc75554.jpg"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_lansbury-plaque_26500f4773e24c1d5d544df3f4fe836e.JPG",
"description": "Joy Wotton · 2011",
"title": "Memorial plaque for George Lansbury MP, member of Bow Church for over 40 years, unveiled by his granddaughter Dame Angela Lansbury in 2011",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_lansbury-plaque_26500f4773e24c1d5d544df3f4fe836e.JPG"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_002_2-font_a1fd8579134e085535078bdbce402d4a.JPG",
"description": "Joy Wotton · 2016",
"title": "The medieval font, Bow Church, c.1410",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_002_2-font_a1fd8579134e085535078bdbce402d4a.JPG"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_back-cover_086d83b1271a01ee465f99a329b7de98.JPG",
"description": "Joy Wotton · 1809",
"title": "Bow Church in 1809 showing it at the heart of the village.",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_back-cover_086d83b1271a01ee465f99a329b7de98.JPG"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_st-mary-interior-1912_2aca096c76f5210a1a99a831b8634bc2.jpg",
"description": "1912",
"title": "Interior of St Mary's Bow 1912",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_st-mary-interior-1912_2aca096c76f5210a1a99a831b8634bc2.jpg"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_war-interior-mp_e9d26d592c3835929bd9ebdc77398505.jpg",
"description": "1941",
"title": "The west end of the church was damaged by enemy action in 1941 during the Second World War",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_war-interior-mp_e9d26d592c3835929bd9ebdc77398505.jpg"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_sam_2367_0b30b7ebf2d62f72a60d50dd0d05b38f.jpg",
"description": "Frances Reynolds · 2018",
"title": "Conservation work on the church tower.",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_sam_2367_0b30b7ebf2d62f72a60d50dd0d05b38f.jpg"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_img-1029_1734fe30080c3bd46986126deccddc15.JPG",
"description": "Frances Reynolds · 2019",
"title": "view inside from the porch",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_img-1029_1734fe30080c3bd46986126deccddc15.JPG"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_img-1027_4af0d476602b8d2efb5850835d350dca.JPG",
"description": "Frances Reynolds · 2019",
"title": "Interior view",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_img-1027_4af0d476602b8d2efb5850835d350dca.JPG"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_img-1024_ec70d79d94c2b4e12f4ff4f19b8e5f34.JPG",
"description": "Frances Reynolds · 2019",
"title": "view from the Chancel",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_img-1024_ec70d79d94c2b4e12f4ff4f19b8e5f34.JPG"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_rimg0001_e73eaf5471ddb3b75dd85f89242234c2.JPG",
"description": "Frances Reynolds · 2013",
"title": "War memorial chapel",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_rimg0001_e73eaf5471ddb3b75dd85f89242234c2.JPG"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_henshall-monument-st-mary-bow_7e2a1b2b52f10b2c631a77107361eb6b.JPG",
"description": "2018",
"title": "Henshall monument - for all those interested in corkscrews!",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_henshall-monument-st-mary-bow_7e2a1b2b52f10b2c631a77107361eb6b.JPG"
},
{
"archive_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jonty/open-house-london-images/master/images/2022/1019/building_1019_spring-exterior-2019-ben-cater_03d0c94ed4533b5ececb576058f629de.JPG",
"description": "Ben Cater · 2019",
"title": "The churchyard in Spring",
"url": "https://d25hwkr75zzfa.cloudfront.net/store/photo/large/building_1019_spring-exterior-2019-ben-cater_03d0c94ed4533b5ececb576058f629de.JPG"
}
],
"links": [],
"location": {
"address": "230 Bow Road, E3 3AH",
"latitude": 51.5287753,
"longitude": -0.0167013,
"meeting_point": null,
"travel_info": [
"Nearest tube: Bow Road, Bow Church, Mile End",
"Nearest train: Stratford International, Stratford",
"Bus routes: 25, 8, D8, 425, 205, 276, 108, 488"
]
},
"name": "Bow Church – St Mary",
"original_url": "https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/listings/1019",
"ticketed_events": false
}