St Katharine Cree is a historic church located at 86 Leadenhall Street in the City of London, close to Leadenhall Market, and is notable for being one of the few surviving examples of Jacobean architecture in London. The present building dates from 1628–1630, although a church has existed on the site since 1280. Its rare blend of Tudor, Gothic, and Renaissance architectural features includes a Tudor brick tower, Corinthian columns, and a 17th-century rose window in the nave, believed to be modelled after Old St Paul’s Cathedral’s larger rose window.
It survived both the Great Fire of London (1666) and the World Wars with only minor damage, making it one of the oldest church buildings in London to retain significant original features.
 
Interesting facts...
Archbishop William Laud, who oversaw the church’s rebuilding, was later tried and executed for alleged Catholic sympathies, and St Katharine Cree’s dedication service became part of the evidence against him in histrial.