The cathedral was burnt, with much of the city, in a fire in 1087, as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. King Г†thelred the Unready was buried in the cathedral on his death in 1016 the tomb is now lost. This building, or a successor, was destroyed by fire in 962, but rebuilt in the same year. Christianity was restored among the East Saxons in the late seventh century and it is presumed that either the Anglo-Saxon cathedral was restored or a new building erected as the seat of bishops such as Cedd, Wine and Earconwald, the last of whom was buried in the cathedral in 693. The fate of the first cathedral building is unknown. On the death of SГ¦berht in about 616, his pagan sons expelled Mellitus from London, and the East Saxons reverted to paganism. It is assumed, although not proved, that this first Anglo-Saxon cathedral stood on the same site as the later medieval and the present cathedrals. SГ¦berht's uncle and overlord, Г†thelberht, king of Kent, built a church dedicated to StВ Paul in London, as the seat of the new bishop.

History Pre-Norman cathedral Д«ede records that in AD 604 Augustine of Canterbury consecrated Mellitus as the first bishop to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Saxons and their king, SГ¦berht. The nearest underground station is St Paul's, which is 130 yards (120В m) away from St Paul's Cathedral. The tourist entry fee at the door is ВЈ20 for adults (August 2020, cheaper if booked online), but no charge is made to worshippers attending advertised services. The cathedral is a working church with hourly prayer and daily services. St Paul's Cathedral is the central subject of much promotional material, as well as of images of the dome surrounded by the smoke and fire of the Blitz. Services held at St Paul's have included the funerals of Admiral Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington, Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria an inauguration service for the Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund peace services marking the end of the First and Second World Wars the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer the launch of the Festival of Britain and the thanksgiving services for the Silver, Golden, Diamond, and Platinum Jubilees and the 80th and 90th birthdays of Queen Elizabeth II. St Paul's is the second-largest church building in area in the United Kingdom after Liverpool Cathedral. The dome remains among the highest in the world. At 365 feet (111В m) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1963. Its dome, framed by the spires of Wren's City churches, has dominated the skyline for over 300 years. The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognisable sights of London. The earlier Gothic cathedral ( Old St Paul's Cathedral), largely destroyed in the Great Fire, was a central focus for medieval and early modern London, including Paul's walk and St Paul's Churchyard, being the site of StВ Paul's Cross. Its construction, completed in Wren's lifetime, was part of a major rebuilding programme in the city after the Great Fire of London.

The present structure, dating from the late 17th century, was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grade I listed building. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London that is the seat of the Bishop of London. The dome and northwest tower from Ludgate Hill, showing the densely developed area in which St. Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's CathedralД¬onstruction cost covered by a special tax on coal.

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