Queenhithe [SEP] located next to body of water
Queenhithe
Queenhithe is a small and ancient ward of the City of London, situated by the River Thames and to the south of St. Paul's Cathedral. The Millennium Bridge crosses into the City at Queenhithe.
Queenhithe is also the name of the ancient, but now disused, dock and a minor street, which runs along that dock, both of which are within the ward.
The ward is served by London Buses route 388, which runs along Queen Victoria Street and stops by the Millennium footbridge, and the
western part of Fur Trade House, completed in 1972. There is a plan to redevelop the area as a hotel.
Architecture.
St. Michael Queenhithe had its main front on the south and east facing the Queenhithe dock. It was five bays long from east to west and three bays long from north to south. The lower level of windows were round-headed and separated from the upper tier of circular windows by swags.
The entrance lobby and the vestry were built at a lower level than the body of