THIS MONUMENT, DESIGNED BY SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN, WAS BUILT TO COMMEMORATE THE
GREAT FIRE OF LONDON 1666, WHICH BURNED FOR THREE DAYS CONSUMING MORE THAN
13,000 HOUSES AND DEVASTATING 436 ACRES OF THE CITY. THE MONUMENT IS 202FT IN
HEIGHT, BEING EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE WESTWARD FROM THE BAKEHOUSE IN PUDDING LANE
WHERE THE FIRE BROKE OUT. IT TOOK SIX YEARS TO CONSTRUCT 1671-1677. THE BALCONY
IS REACHED BY A SPRIAL STAIRWAY OF 311 STEPS AND AFFORDS PANORAMIC VIEWS OF
THE METROPOLIS. A SUPERSTRUCTURE RISES FROM THE BALCONY AND SUPPORTS A COPPER
VASE OF FLAMES.
THE ALLEGORICAL SCULPTURE ON THE PEDESTAL ABOVE WAS EXECUTED BY CAIUS GABRIEL CIMMER

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ST. MAGNUS THE MARTYR
FISH STREET HILL, TO THE SOUTH, LEADS TO ST. MAGNUS THE MARTYR (A WREN CHURCH)
ALONGSIDE WHICH IS THE ANCIENT FOOTPATH WHICH LED TO THE FIRST LONDON BRIDGE