Recent History
The church escaped serious damage in the Second World War and was designated a Grade I listed building on 4 January 1950. In 1960 the Victorian polychrome paintwork was replaced with a more restrained colour scheme of blue, gold and white.
A new ring of twelve bells, cast by Taylors of Loughborough, was installed in the tower in April 2011.
The church has one of the oldest sets of churchwarden's records in the City of London, which are now kept in the Guildhall Library.
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