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St John Horsleydown was the Anglican parish church of Horsleydown in Bermondsey, South London. Built for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor and John James in 1726-33, it was noted for its distinctive spire in the form of a tapering column. ==The church== The church built between June 1727 and 1733 in Fair Street (beside the road now known as Tower Bridge Road, just south of the junction with Tooley Street), as one of the last churches built for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches. The new parish was created from part of that of Southwark St Olave. The design was by Nicholas Hawksmoor and John James,〔 the two surveyors to the commission. In May 1727 they had been asked to draw up plans for a church costing, including its enclosure and parsonage, no more than £10,000, much less than Hawksmoor's previous churches. Like St Luke Old Street, the other collaboration berween the two men, which was built at the same time, the main body of the church was simple in plan, with an aisled nave.〔 The most distinctive feature of the church was its unusual spire,〔 This was in the form of a tapering column, and was topped by a weather vane depicting a comet.〔 The "silly but lovable spire" was considered a landmark of south London by Nikolaus Pevsner. He described the church as "a stately building, all stone faced, the W front severely bare, without a portico, the N side symmetrical with two outer slightly projecting bays and a central big Venetian window."〔 The church had a peal of ten bells cast in 1783/4.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St John Horsleydown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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