St. Bennet Fink

Named for St. Benedict and Robert Finke (who funded the original church), St. Bennet Fink was one of the churches rebuilt after the Great Fire of London by Sir Christopher Wren. In order to fit into the available plot, the building was erected on an unusual decagonal (ten-sided) plan. It was demolished in 1846.

In this view we are looking south-west along Threadneedle Street towards the Royal Exchange. The street scene is enlivened with strolling couples, a coach and a figure carrying a basket of goods on his head. Along with other designs by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd in the Museum of London’s collection, this monochrome wash drawing was engraved for Shepherd’s London in the Nineteenth Century, 1829.