tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post5700056984203725553..comments2024-02-01T21:49:33.565+00:00Comments on Tired of London, Tired of Life: Learn about St Giles-in-the-FieldsTom Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18201345543198833859noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post-64681402602529666072010-08-19T10:51:00.059+01:002010-08-19T10:51:00.059+01:00"Less than 100 years later, the new church wa..."Less than 100 years later, the new church was itself in a poor condition from damp, probably caused by the large number of Plague victim burials, the parishoners petitioned the Commissioners appointed in 1711 to build new churches in the London suburbs, for a grant to rebuild the church..... Eventually they allocated £8,000 and a new church was built in 1730-34, designed by the architect Henry Flitcroft in the palladian style".<br /><br />Now I am delighted it was rebuilt in the Palladian style and not rebuilt in the gothic style that had been there before, but why pull it down at all? Why didn't they conserve scare resources, renovate, damp proof as best they could and have a beautiful, usable building?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com