Wren, Christopher

An English architect of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Wren designed many buildings in London for the large rebuilding effort that followed the city's “Great Fire” of 1666. Saint Paul's Cathedral is his best-known work.

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It is part of the clock-tower wing of the royal residence, designed by Sir Christopher Wren in the 17th century.

He cleared away the ruins, and upon the site built a mansion, the design of which some ascribe to Sir Christopher Wren.

Sir Christopher Wren was appointed as architect, and an annual sum of money was granted to complete and extend the buildings.

The retired soldier has a noble dwelling-house in the massive yet comely structure which Sir Christopher Wren reared for him.

This west front, added by Sir Christopher Wren, though of good general outline, is faulty in architectural detail.

The monument was built from designs furnished by Sir Christopher Wren.

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