Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

Building of Churches, London and Westminster Act (1714)
6.8 This 1714 Act 10 was consequential upon the 1710 Act referred to above. It
extended the duty imposed on the import of coal into the City of London from
September 1724 to September 1725, and provided that the revenue raised
should be used for the maintenance of the Ministers of the new churches built
pursuant to the 1710 Act. The 1714 Act also facilitated rebuilding work to the
parish church of St Mary Woolnoth. 11 The 1714 Act became spent in 1725 when
its duty-raising powers expired.
St Michael, Cornhill Building Act (1717)
6.9 This 1717 Act 12 was passed to authorise the completion of rebuilding works to the
parish church of St Michael, Cornhill in the City of London. St Michael’s, Cornhill
was largely destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. It was rebuilt by Sir Christopher
Wren between 1669 and 1672. Since, however, Wren’s tower subsequently
needed replacing, the 1717 Act provided the necessary finance. The Act
accordingly authorised that revenue raised under the New Churches in London
and Westminster Act of 1710 should be applied to the cost of replacing the tower.
The building works were duly completed in 1722, whereupon the 1717 Act
became spent.
St Giles in the Fields Rebuilding Act (1717)
6.10 The purpose of this 1717 Act 13 was to authorise the rebuilding of the parish
church of St Giles-in-the-Fields in central London. 14 The preamble to the 1717
Act recorded that the church was suffering from more subsidence and damp than
could be remedied by repair works. It was cheaper to rebuild it from scratch.
Accordingly the 1717 Act authorised that revenue raised under the New
Churches in London and Westminster Act of 1710 should be applied to the
rebuilding of St Giles. The rebuilding works were duly completed in 1734 under
the supervision of the architect Henry Flitcroft. The 1717 Act thereupon ceased to
serve any useful purpose.
10 1 Geo.1 St.2 c.23.
11 St Mary Woolnoth is located on the corner of Lombard Street and King William Street near
the Bank of England. The rebuilding works were completed in 1716.
12 4 Geo.1 c.5.
13 4 Geo.1 c.14.
14 St Giles is to the south of New Oxford Street.
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