A church of Norman foundation, but rebuilt in the fourteenth century, and again to a great extent after a fire in 1545. Upper part of tower dates from 1683-4.
Signed and dated.
By G. Shepherd, 1815. Lent by Sir E. Coates.
40b CHURCH OF ST. GILES, CRIPPLEGATE, FROM FORE STREET.
Pencil. 7¾ by 6 in.
The building here shown against the church, in foreground, was called the Quest-house. It was destroyed about eighteen years ago.
This drawing is signed by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, who between about 1820 and 1859 did hundreds of views of old London, but, unlike others of his surname, never exhibited at the Royal Academy, and is not noticed by Redgrave.
By T. H. Shepherd. Lent by Sir E. Coates.
41 [HALL OF BROTHERHOOD OF HOLY TRINITY, ALDERSGATE.] Plate XIX.
Pencil. 16 by 13 in.