St Margaret Lothbury
Lothbury
London
EC2R 7HH
T: 020 7726 4878
Visitor Information
St Margaret's is open to the public from 7 a m – 6 p m, Monday to Friday for prayer and reflection. Morning Prayer, according to the Book of Common Prayer, is said each weekday morning (except Wednesday) at 8.15am. We hold three weekly lunchtime services/concerts:
Tuesday 1.10-1.40pm – Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
Wednesday 12.50-2pm – Informal Worship & Teaching
Thursday 1.10-2pm – Organ Recital
Lothbury is the name of the street that runs along the North Side of the Bank of England, and there has been a church on the current site as early as the 12th Century. It was rebulit in 1440, largely at the expense of Robert Large, who was Lord Mayor that year and is remembered as the Master of whom Caxton served his apprenticeship. The church was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, and rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren who completed it in 1690.
Over the centuries some exceptionally fine furnishings have been given to St. Margaret's, including the altarpiece, pulpit and font, which have added to the whole. Two paintings of Moses and Aaron flank the high altar, and came from St. Christopher le Stocks when it was demolished in 1781.
The Organ, considered the finest example of English organ building, was built by George England and was opened on Easter Day, 1801. It was restored in 1984, stands in its original case, and contains nearly all its original pipework.