St Alfege Church, Greenwich, London - August 2014

[The_Raw]

St Alfege is the Anglican parish church in the centre of Greenwich. There has been a church here for over a thousand years, dedicated to the memory of Alfege, the Archbishop of Canterbury who was martyred on this site in 1012. The church has connections with many famous figures in British history, including Henry VIII, Thomas Tallis, General James Wolfe, and John Flamsteed. The present church (which replaced an earlier medieval building) is nearly 300 years old. It was designed by Nicholas Hawskmoor, Sir Christopher Wren's famous pupil, and is one of the churches built under the Fifty Churches act of 1711. The interior contains many fine examples of 18th century craftsmanship and design.

This was an opportunistic visit on what started out as drinks and dinner with some friends in Greenwich. I spotted the scaff from the bus, sent a couple of quick messages out to Sentinel and Gabe and we were up top 3 hours later. A nice place to chill for a couple of hours with beers and the views weren't too bad either.

Thanks for looking

 

[Lara]

This is a beaut Raw, nice one

 

[SpiderMonkey]

Like this very much bud! I'm missing London a bit now, I will return

 

[sentinel]

Cracking photos mate..

 

[The_Raw]

Cheers guys, can't beat a spur of the moment splore

 

[skeleton key]

Cool thread and love the SE London view

 

[shaddam]

haha nice set there man

 

[Stussy]

Very nice, good work!