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St Mary Axe was a medieval parish in the City of London whose name survives as that of the street which formerly occupied it. The Church of St Mary Axe was demolished in 1561 and its parish united with that of St Andrew Undershaft , which is situated on the corner of St Mary Axe and Leadenhall Street .
Christianity portal; St Mary Axe was a mediaeval church in the City of London. (The church that remains in the modern-day St Mary Axe is St Andrew Undershaft.)Its full name was St Mary, St Ursula and her 11,000 Virgins, and it was also sometimes referred to as St Mary Pellipar.
The Gherkin, officially 30 St Mary Axe and previously known as the Swiss Re Building, is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London. It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. [ 10 ]
St Andrew Undershaft is a Church of England church in the City of London, the historic nucleus and modern financial centre of London.It is located on St Mary Axe, within the Aldgate ward, and is a rare example of a City church that survived both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz.
The site, together with that of the Chamber of Shipping at 30–32 St Mary Axe, was used for the building of 30 St Mary Axe, commonly referred to as "The Gherkin". [8] The stained glass of the Baltic Exchange war memorial, which had only suffered superficial damage in the bomb blast, has been restored and is in the National Maritime Museum. [9]
Absorbed parish of St Mary Axe in 1562 [5] St Anne and St Agnes Aldersgate; St Anne Blackfriars; St Antholin; St Augustine (also known as St Augustine Watling Street) [6] St Bartholomew by the Royal Exchange; St Bartholomew the Great [notes 1] (also known as St Bartholomew West Smithfield) [6] Parish formed 1544, previously extra-parochial ...
In the City of London, The Gherkin was completed in 2003 at 180 metres (590 ft), [42] Heron Tower in 2007 at 230 metres (750 ft), [43] and the Broadgate Tower in 2008 at 165 metres (541 ft). [44] [41] Notably, some of the awards given to 30 St Mary Axe include the Emporis Skyscraper Award in 2003 [45] and the RIBA Stirling Prize for ...
St Helen's (previously known as the Aviva Tower or the Commercial Union building) is a commercial skyscraper in London, United Kingdom. It is 118 metres (387 ft) tall and has 23 floors. The postal address is No. 1, Undershaft, though the main entrance fronts onto Leadenhall Street, in the City of London financial district.