From a Saxon-founded church to a Norman keep and a Templars' church — four London buildings that have stood for centuries.
Said to be the oldest church in the City of London, founded in AD 675 by the Saxon Abbey of Barking. It escaped the Great Fire of 1666, was gutted in the Blitz, and rededicated in 1957.
The great Norman keep at the heart of the fortress, begun in the 1070s under William the Conqueror. Henry III had it whitewashed in 1240 — which is how it got its name.
Built by the Knights Templar and consecrated in 1185, with its famous round nave echoing Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre. Still owned by the Middle Temple and Inner Temple inns of court.
Edward III's personal treasure tower, built in 1365–66 complete with its own moat. One of only four buildings to survive the burning of Parliament in 1834 — today looked after by English Heritage.
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