Wren 300 Service
27th June 2023St Paul’s Cathedral
Wren 300 activities designed to mark 300 years ( the tercentenary) since Architect, Astronomer, Mathematician and Scientist Sir Christopher Wren’s death included a moving Service and tribute in St Paul’s Cathedral. The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects and the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors, in collaboration with the Worshipful Company of Constructors and the Worshipful Company of Paviors organised the service.
Wren is often described as Britain’s greatest architect, and St Paul’s Cathedral is his masterpiece of design - taking 35 years to build. His most famous buildings are at the centre of our national life and ceremonial occasions, and they include royal palaces, Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and 52 churches built after the destruction caused by the Great Fire of London in 1666.
Wren built a new St Paul’s Cathedral. Rising from the ashes of the old Cathedral destroyed in the Great Fire of London, Wren made use of old stone but with new techniques and ideas.
Wren began studying at Oxford University at the age of 17, and was already well known as an astronomer, mathematician and inventor before he became a self-taught architect in his thirties. He would go on to become Surveyor General to six British monarchs.
For more information about ways to celebrate Sir Christopher Wren, please visit https://wren300.org/.