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St Mary Woolnoth

    St Mary Woolnoth is located on the corner of Lombard Street and King William Street and was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
    Its facade is imposing, in the English Baroque style, and is dominated by two flat-topped turrets, supported by Corinthian columns, which are used throughout the church. The west side of the facade faces Lombardy Street and has a distinctive groove with an inset front curved gable on sloping columns.
    The interior of the church is spacious. The layout is typical of Hawksmoor, forming a "cube within a cube" -- a square surrounded by three rows of four columns, itself surrounded by a wider square.



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