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23rd June 1681, “The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor is desired by this Court to direct the setting up the inscriptions lately agreed to in Common Councell touching the fireing of this City by the Papists A0 1666 upon the Pillar on Fish streete hill and the house where the fire began in such manner as his Lordship shall thinke convenient.”.
Monument to the Great Fire of London. Designed by Christopher Wren, this immense Doric column of Portland stone is a reminder of the Great Fire of London in 1666, which destroyed 80% of the city. It stands 62m high, the distance from the bakery in Pudding Lane where the fire is thought to have started.
The Monument is located at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 61 metres from where the Great Fire of London started in 1666. There are now many coffee shops and places to eat around this world famous attraction. When traveling to the Monument; By bus use numbers 17, 21, 35, 40, 47, 48, 133, 141, 149, 344, 521 (all routes ...
It stands on a plaza where Monument Street and Fish Street Hill meet in the City of London. The location of The Monument is very deliberate. It was erected on the site where St. Margaret’s, Fish Street once stood. St. Margaret’s was the first church to be destroyed during the Great Fire of London. It is also just 202 feet (61 metres) from ...
As ultimately carried out, the Monument is of the Doric order and constructed in Portland Stone. It consists of a pedestal about 21 feet square and 40 feet high, with a plinth 28 feet square, and a fluted shaft 120 feet high and 15 feet in diameter; on the abacus is a balcony encompassing a moulded cylinder, which supports a flaming urn or vase of gilt bronze, symbolizing the Fire.
The 1677 Monument to the Great Fire of London stands near the rebuilt London Bridge on the site of a lost church, St Margaret, New Fish Street. In addition to the physical changes to London, the Great Fire had a significant demographic, social, political, economic, and cultural impact.
The Monument to the Great Fire of London. Now a permanent reminder of the Great Fire of London in 1666, the Monument commemorates one of the most significant events in London’s history. The 202ft column was designed by Dr Robert Hooke in consultation with Sir Christopher Wren, with work starting only a few years later in 1671.
