St Andrew Undershaft

Constructed in 1532, St Andrew Undershaft is a rare example of a City church that survived both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz.

A church has existed on the site since 1147. The church's curious name derives from the shaft of the maypole that was traditionally set up each year opposite the church.

Formerly, St Andrew Undershaft had one of London's few surviving large stained-glass windows, installed in the 17th century, but this was destroyed in the Baltic Exchange bombing in 1992.

Today, St Andrew Undershaft is administered from the nearby St Helen's Bishopsgate church.