It’s very rare I end up on the sofa at 1am drinking wine and reading a church pamphlet but it’s not often I review a play at St. Bartholomew’s.
It was The Bootmaker’s Daughter which was quite brilliant (you can read my review elsewhere on the site) but I was just as fascinated by the venue itself.
Hence I ended up splashing out on The Concise Guide to St Bart’s at a rather expensive £2 (it was only 14 pages!) and here’s what I learnt.
It’s the tallest Parish Church in the UK and possibly Europe.
It’s Grade 1 listed.
The person who told me it was built to the dimensions of Noah’s Ark is a liar.
When it is was opened in 1874 its height concerned nearby residents who complained the church was causing down-draughts in their chimneys.
It has a 25 foot Rose Window – one of the largest in England.
It cost £18,000 to build and took from 1872 until 1874.
Right – religious history lesson over.
I’m off to An Infinite Line at The Basement tonight which was formerly the old Argus building but I won’t bore you with all that.
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