It stood behind thin buildings fronting both streets[1] in Langbourn Ward,[2] The west and south sides faced into Ball Alley.

It was demolished in 1937; its tower was reconstructed at Twickenham as part of the new church of All Hallows, which also received its bells and complete interior fittings.

[3] All Hallows is first recorded in 1054,[4] when a citizen of London called Brihtmerus gave its patronage to the prior and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral.

A bell tower was completed in 1544 and the stone porch from the dissolved priory/monastery of St John of Jerusalem, (Clerkenwell Priory) was used.

[6] Ultimately, however, restoration proved impractical and the old building was replaced with a new one designed by the office of Sir Christopher Wren.

The interior was a simple undivided space, without aisles; a gallery at the west end was supported on a single column.

The reply came ”What cannot you trust God for a sermon?” and upon this rebuke I went into the pulpit and preached with much freedom and acceptance; and from that time I have never taken a manuscript with me.In 1879 ten bells from St Dionis Backchurch were hung at the church,[11] but such optimism could not disguise the fact that the residential population of the City was falling, year on year.

[13] In 1937 the church, which had been found to be unsafe, was demolished[14] and Wren's tower, porch and the furnishings were reused in the construction of All Hallows Twickenham.

[15] The small parish was united with St Edmund the King and Martyr which lies the same length of the former church to the west.

[n 1] The site now forms part of the tall, multi-unit building including 2 George Yard and 20 Gracechurch Street.

Ball Alley, which connected the church with Lombard Street and George Yard is part of the replacement building today.