Visit: St.Paul’s Library
November 6 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
£25Date: Wednesday 6 November at 14:30
Venue: St Paul’s Library
Description: The Cathedral Library, situated at Triforium level behind the south-west tower, was completed in 1709, and kept in service up until 2018, when restoration began. The four-year project to clean and conserve the Cathedral Library is now complete and – with the addition of display facilities and a new lighting scheme – is a fascinating room to experience.
The Library’s collection was almost completely destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 – but Sir Christopher Wren’s Library chamber was restocked by the Commissioners for rebuilding St Paul’s following the damage. They bought collections, including valuable Bibles and liturgical texts, and were lucky to receive a generous bequest in 1712 of nearly two thousand volumes from the library of Henry Compton, late Bishop of London.
Cost: £25
Max number of attendees: 20 in two groups of 10
PLEASE NOTE: access can be challenging for those with mobility issues. All visitors must be able to walk
down 141 steps from the Triforium level in the event of an emergency alarm, and there are also several
short flights of stairs, each no more than 10 steps within The Triforium level where the library and
archive are situated.