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Paternoster Square, redeveloped in 2003, is an area of London next to St Paul's Cathedral.

St Paul's Cathedral dome and the Paternoster Square Column, from Paternoster Square

Paternoster Square is an urban development north of St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. In 1942, the area, which takes its name from Paternoster Row — a street down which clergy of the medieval St Paul's would walk, chanting the Lord's Prayer (Pater Noster being its opening line in Latin) — was devastated by aerial bombardment in The Blitz. Prior to this destruction the area had been something of a centre of the London publishing trade, with a number of booksellers operating from the street. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 1400 KB) Paternoster Square, City of London, England - the new home of the London Stock Exchange and next door to St Pauls Cathedral. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 1400 KB) Paternoster Square, City of London, England - the new home of the London Stock Exchange and next door to St Pauls Cathedral. ... This article is about the cathedral church of the diocese of London. ... Download high resolution version (640x688, 75 KB)St Pauls Cathedral dome from Paternoster Square - London - England - 240404 Photo taken by Tagishsimon on the 24th April 2004 File links The following pages link to this file: St Pauls Cathedral Paternoster Square User:Tagishsimon/Gallery London 240404 Wikipedia:List of... Download high resolution version (640x688, 75 KB)St Pauls Cathedral dome from Paternoster Square - London - England - 240404 Photo taken by Tagishsimon on the 24th April 2004 File links The following pages link to this file: St Pauls Cathedral Paternoster Square User:Tagishsimon/Gallery London 240404 Wikipedia:List of... This article is about the cathedral church of the diocese of London. ... This article is about the cathedral church of the diocese of London. ... The City of London is a geographically-small city within Greater London, England. ... Representation of the Sermon on the Mount For other uses, see Lords Prayer (disambiguation). ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Heinkel He 111 German bomber over the Surrey Docks, Southwark, London (German propaganda photomontage). ... This article is concerned with the production of books, magazines, and other literary material (whether in printed or electronic formats). ...

From 1961-1967 the entire superblock between St Paul's churchyard and Newgate Street was redeveloped according to a scheme by William Graham Holford. The new Paternoster Square soon became immensely unpopular, its grim (in the eyes of many) presence immediately north of one of the capital's prime tourist attractions an embarrassment. William Graham Holford, Baron Holford of Kemp Town (22 March 1907 – 17 October 1975) was a British architect and town planner. ...

In the late 1980s, as it became harder and harder to fill leases on the site, proposals to redevelop the area were brought forward. An initial competition was won in 1987 by Arup associates with a complicated (some said incoherent) postmodern plan. This was in turn abandoned in 1990 in favour of John Simpson's classicizing scheme, initially sponsored by a newspaper competition and championed by the Prince of Wales. Dismissed by supporters of modern architectural styles as pastiche, this plan too was abandoned. Arup is a professional services firm providing engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of the built environment. ... John Simpson CVO BSC (HONS) DIP ARCH RIBA (Born 9 November 1954) is a British architect. ... The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor; born Windsor, 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ... The word pastiche describes a literary or other artistic genre. ...

In 1996 a masterplan by William Whitfield was adopted and put into action over the following years. By October 2003 the redeveloped Paternoster square was complete, with buildings by Whitfield's firm and several others. Among the main tenants was the newly relocated London Stock Exchange. The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ...

Supporters of the scheme praised it for its harmonious architecture, much of it built in brick and stone like Wren's chapter house for St Paul's (which is integrated into the plan); for its mix of offices and shops; and for its coherent organization of space by means of a large central piazza and urban walkways which cut through the superblock in logical ways to tie it into the surrounding urban fabric and address St Paul's directly; and claimed that it represented an ideal example of modern development on a traditional site. Sir Christopher Wren, (20 October 1632–25 February 1723) was a 17th century English designer, astronomer, geometrician, and the greatest English architect of his time. ...

Critics called the architecture banal; dismissed the mixed-use credentials of any development which incorporated no housing (on weekends outside peak tourist season, they claimed, the pedestrian zone would be dead, its shops and restaurants empty); and denied that, consisting as it did mainly of a few large office blocks, it represented a new departure in urban planning. Mixed-use development refers to the practice of containing more than one type of use in a building or set of buildings. ...

Monuments and sculpture

The most obvious monument in the redeveloped square is the 23m tall Paternoster Square Column. It is a Corinthian column of Portland stone topped by a gold leaf covered flaming copper urn, which is illuminated by fibre-optic lighting at night. The column was designed by the architects Whitfield Partners. The Corinthian order as used for the portico of the Pantheon, Rome provided a prominent model for Renaissance and later architects, through the medium of engravings. ... The Cenotaph, in Whitehall, London, England, is made from Portland stone Portland stone is limestone from the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Metal leaf. ... Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ...

At the north end of the square is the bronze Shepherd and Sheep by Dame Elisabeth Frink. The statue was commissioned for the previous Paternoster Square complex in 1975 and was replaced on a new plinth following the redevelopment. Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast-metal sculpture of bronze is often called a bronze. ... Shepherd and Sheep by Elisabeth Frink in Paternoster Square, London Dame Elisabeth Jean Frink, DBE (b. ...

Temple Bar was rebuilt there in 2004. A statue of a griffin atop the Temple Bar monument, in front of the Royal Courts of Justice. ...

Gallery

Paternoster Column in Paternoster Square Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 142 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...

Paternoster Column Download high resolution version (500x668, 115 KB)Paternoster Square Column, Paternoster Square, London. ...

Paternoster Square at night Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixel Image in higher resolution (1200 × 800 pixel, file size: 207 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Paternoster Sauqre at night, 21st May 2006. ...

Shepherd and Sheep by Dame Elizabeth Frink; Paternoster Square was long the site of a livestock market. Shepherd and Sheep (1975), Bronze and fibre-glass by Dame Elisabeth Frink. ... Shepherd and Sheep by Elizabeth Frink in Paternoster Square, London Elizabeth Frink (14 November 1930 - 18 April 1993) was an English sculptor and printmaker. ...

External links

• Paternoster Square official website
• CWO construction of Paternoster Column