Sir Christopher Wren’s failed project for a crossing tower and spire at Westminster Abbey, 1713–25

• Autores: Gordon Higgott
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 161, Nº 1390, 2019 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Westminster Abbey and its collections), págs. 44-57
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In 1713, with funds available for 'finishing' Westminster Abbey, the Surveyor to the Fabric, Sir Christopher Wren, began to plan the addition of a lofty crossing tower and spire. After Wren's death in 1723 the proposal was shelved by his successor, Nicholas Hawksmoor, who recognised that it presented an insoluble structural problem.