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{{Infobox church
| name                   = Saint Sepulchre-without-Newgate 
| fullname               = Holy Sepulchre, London
| other name             = Church of the Holy Sepulchre, London;<br />Church of Saint Edmund, King & Martyr, and the Holy Sepulchre (''historical'');<br />Church of Saint Sepulchre, Holborn, Middlesex (''obsolete'')
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| caption                = Holy Sepulchre Church Tower
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| location               = [[London]], {{postcode|EC|1}}
| country                = England
| denomination           = [[Church of England]]
| churchmanship          = [[Low church|Low Church]] [[Evangelical Anglicanism|Evangelical]]
| founder                = [[Cnut the Great|King Canute]]
| founded date           = 11th century
| dedication             = [[Edmund the Martyr|St Edmund King & Martyr]] and [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre|the Holy Sepulchre]]
| consecrated date       = 
| status                 = [[Parish church]]
| functional status      = Active
| heritage designation   = Grade I-[[listed building]]
| designated date        = 4 January 1950
| architect              = [[Joshua Marshall (sculptor)|Joshua Marshall]]
| architectural type     =
| style                  = [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] ([[Bell tower|Tower]])<ref name="Piper&Jervis"/>
| years built            = [[1440s|mid 15c]] (rebuilt)
| completed date         = 1670 (reopened)<ref name="Newgate1999"/>
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| other dimensions       = 3-storey [[Church porch|porch]]
| tower quantity         = 1
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| bells                  = 12
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| parish                 = St Sepulchre with [[Christ Church Greyfriars|Christ Church, Greyfriars]] and [[St Leonard, Foster Lane]] ([[Benefice#Church of England|united benefice]])
| deanery                = [[City of London]]  
| archdeaconry           = [[Archdeaconry of London|London]]
| diocese                = [[Diocese of London|London]]
| province               = [[Province of Canterbury|Canterbury]]
| bishop                 = [[Rt Revd]] & [[Rt Hon.]] [[Dame Sarah Mullally]] {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=90%|DBE}}
| archdeacon             = [[The Venerable|Ven.]] [[Luke Miller]] {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=90%|DL}}
| rector                 = {{Abbreviation|Revd|Reverend}} Nick Mottershead {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=90%|FCA}}
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'''Holy Sepulchre London''', formally known as '''Saint Sepulchre-without-Newgate''', is the largest [[Anglican]] [[Church of England parish church|parish church]] in the [[City of London]]. 

Situated at the top of [[Snow Hill, London|Snow Hill]] on the north side of [[Holborn Viaduct]] by the crossroads next to the [[Old Bailey]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22819964 www.bbc.co.uk]</ref> and within the [[Newgate|Newgate Street]] [[Conservation Area (United Kingdom)|Conservation Area]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Newgate Street Conservation Area [No. 6]|url=http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/environment-and-planning/planning/heritage-and-design/conservation-areas/Pages/Newgate-Street-Conservation-Area.aspx|publisher=[[City of London Corporation]]}}</ref> the church has [[medieval]] [[Foundation (engineering)|foundations]].
The [[St Sepulchre (parish)|parish of St Sepulchre]] lies in the [[Wards of the City of London|ward]] of [[Farringdon Without]] and includes [[Smithfield Market]]. In the Middle Ages the [[Ecclesiastical parish|parish]] was outside ("without") the [[London Wall|city wall]], west of the [[City of London|City]] "[[Newgate|New Gate]]".<ref>[https://www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/newgate/ www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk]</ref>

Since 1950, Holy Sepulchre Church serves as home to the [[The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)|Royal Regiment of Fusiliers]] [[Side chapel|Memorial Chapel]],<ref>[https://www.london.anglican.org/articles/fusiliers-chapel-remembers-fallen-soldiers-on-70th-anniversary-of-korean-war/ www.london.anglican.org]</ref> and the Musicians' Chapel since 1955, later being dubbed the '''National Musicians' Church'''.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-12-11 |title=Explorers, Musicians And Executions: A Look Inside St Sepulchre-without-Newgate |url=https://livinglondonhistory.com/explorers-musicians-and-executions-a-look-inside-st-sepulchre-without-newgate/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Living London History |language=en-US}}</ref> 

The [[Musicians' church|Musicians' Chapel]] displays a [[book of remembrance]] and holds a [[requiem]] in late autumn – unusual for [[Low church|Low Church]] [[Evangelical Anglicanism|Evangelicalism]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Concerts & Recitals |url=https://hsl.church/concerts |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Holy Sepulchre London |language=en-GB}}</ref> 

==History==

=== Early history ===
The original ([[Anglo-Saxons|pre-Norman]]) [[Place of worship|church site]] was dedicated to [[Edmund of East Anglia|St Edmund the King & Martyr]],<ref name="Newgate1999" /> before being given in 1137 by [[Bishop Roger of Salisbury]] to the nearby [[St Bartholomew-the-Great|Priory of St Bartholomew]]. After the [[Second Crusade]] the advowson was re-dedicated to [[Edmund the Martyr|St Edmund]] and the Holy Sepulchre, venerating the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in [[Jerusalem]].<ref name="Newgate1999">{{cite web|title=Newgate: Conservation Area Character Summary|url=https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/environment-and-planning/planning/heritage-and-design/conservation-areas/Documents/Newgate%20Street%20Character%20Summary.pdf|publisher=[[City of London Corporation|Corporation of London]]|date=1999}}</ref> 

[[Knights Templar|Knights]] crusading to the Holy Land<ref>[https://eohsj.org.uk/ www.eohsj.org.uk]</ref> would attend [[Missa pro populo|parochial Mass]] led by a [[Augustinian canon|Canon of St Bartholomew's Priory]] in [[Smithfield, London|Smithfield]].<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/44440521] [[St Bartholomew-the-Great|St Bartholomew's Muniment Moom]]. www.jstor.org</ref>   
The ancient [[Worshipful Company of Haberdashers|Guild]] & [[Royal Foundation of St Katharine|Fraternity of St Katharine]] celebrated the [[Feast of the Immaculate Conception]] and other [[Patronal festival|Saints day]]s at the [[St Sepulchre (parish)|church of St Edmund, King & Martyr, and the Holy Sepulchre]],<ref>[[John Strype]]'s [https://www.dhi.ac.uk/strype/TransformServlet?page=book3_245 ''Survey of London'']. www.dhi.ac.uk</ref> until the [[1440s|mid]] [[15th century]] when they were granted [[royal charter]]s.<ref>[https://haberdashers.co.uk/history/ www.haberdashers.co.uk]</ref>

The name became [[contraction (linguistics)|contracted]] as [[St Sepulchre (parish)|St Sepulchre]], derived from '''''Sanctum Sepulchrum''''' ([[Latin language|Latin]] for ''Holy Sepulchre'') although there is no [[saint]] called "Sepulchre", with the [[Royal saint|royal saint and martyr]] reference falling into disuse by the 20th century; its 12th-century [[Dedications in the Church of England|re-dedication]] helped its differentiation from another smaller [[List of churches in the City of London|church]], also dedicated to [[St Edmund, King and Martyr]], to the east of [[St Paul's Cathedral]].<ref>"The City of London Churches: monuments of another age" Quantrill, E; Quantrill, M p. 24: London; Quartet; 1975</ref>

[[File:St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Interior, London, UK - Diliff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Nave of Holy Sepulchre Church, London]]
In 1555 the incumbent vicar, [[John Rogers (Bible editor and martyr)|Revd John Rogers]], [[Reader (liturgy)|Reader]] of [[St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's]], was [[burned at the stake]] in [[West Smithfield|Smithfield]] as a [[heresy|heretic]] during the [[Marian persecutions|religious persecutions]] under [[Mary I of England|Mary I]].

The [[St John's College, Oxford|President and Fellows of St John's College, Oxford]],<ref>[https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/about-college/ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk]</ref> as [[Advowson|patrons of the advowson]] since 1622, retain the right to [[Nomination|present]], [[Interregnum|when vacant]], a [[parish priest|priest]] for appointment by the [[Bishop of London]].

===Bells===
Holy Sepulchre's bells are referred to in the nursery rhyme ''[[Oranges and Lemons]]'' as the "[[Church bell|bells]] of [[Old Bailey]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Community — Bells|url=http://stsepulchres.org/our-community/bells/ |publisher=stsepulchres.org}}</ref>

In 1605, [[Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors|Master Merchant Taylor]] Robert Dowe gave the parish [[Pound sterling|£]]50 ({{Inflation|GBP|50|1605|r=-3|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}) for commissioning a [[handbell]] to mark the execution of prisoners at the nearby [[gallows]] at [[Newgate]].<ref name="BHO">{{cite book|title=St. Sepulchre's and its neighbourhood|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol2/pp477-491|series=Old and New London, Volume 2|publisher=[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell, Petter & Galpin]] (courtesy of [[British History Online]])|date=1878|pages=447–491}}</ref> This [[Death knell|execution bell]] is displayed in a glass case in the [[nave]]. Between the 17th and 19th centuries, the [[Sexton (office)|sexton]] was responsible for ringing it outside the condemned man's cell in [[Newgate Prison]] the night before his execution, and announcing the following "wholesome advice":<ref name="BHO"/><ref name="Piper&Jervis"/>
{{quotation|
All you that in the condemned hold do lie,<br />
Prepare you, for to-morrow you shall die;<br />
Watch all, and pray, the hour is drawing near<br />
That you before the Almighty must appear;<br />
Examine well yourselves, in time repent,<br />
That you may not to eternal flames be sent.<br />
And when St Sepulchre's bell to-morrow tolls,<br />
The Lord above have mercy on your souls.<br />
Past twelve o'clock!
}}

Given its proximity to [[Newgate Prison]] and the [[Old Bailey]], built on the site of the medieval gaol, certain of its bells, aside from marking time, celebrating weddings and communion, were rung to announce executions. In the first years of the [[Court of quarter sessions|court]] Holy Sepulchre's bells tolled as the condemned felon was led to [[Tyburn]].<ref name="Piper&Jervis">{{cite book|title=The Companion Guide to London|first1=David|last1=Piper|first2=Fionnuala|last2=Jervis|page=350}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=London's secret sights: 14 odd attractions you never knew were there|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/london/11230633/Londons-secret-sights-14-odd-attractions-you-never-knew-were-there.html?frame=3106622|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>
<gallery mode="packed" heights="190">
File:1064640-Church of St Sepulchre.JPG|St Sepulchre Church Tower
File:NewgateExecutionBell.jpg|The Execution Bell
File:St Sepulchre-without-Newgate 2020.jpg|South aspect of St Sepulchre Church,<br> with its porch on Holborn
</gallery>

===Army Memorials===
{{See also|Royal Fusiliers War Memorial}}
[[File:St Sepulchre without Newgate, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1 - Royal Arms - geograph.org.uk - 1164324.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Coat of arms]] of [[George II of Great Britain|George II]]]]
[[The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)]] [[Side chapel|Chapel]],<ref>[https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/regimental-history www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org]</ref> selected in 1946 for the [[Orientation of churches|south aisle]] of Holy Sepulchre  Church, was dedicated in 1950 by the [[Very Revd]] [[Walter Matthews (priest)|Dr W. R. Matthews]], [[Dean of St Paul's]]. Re-dedicated as the [[Royal Regiment of Fusiliers|Royal Fusiliers Memorial Chapel]] after amalgamation in 1968,<ref>[https://www.army.mod.uk/learn-and-explore/about-the-army/corps-regiments-and-units/infantry/royal-regiment-of-fusiliers-1/ www.army.mod.uk]</ref> in the presence of [[Lord Mayor of London|Lord Mayor]] [[Gilbert Inglefield|Sir Gilbert Inglefield]],<ref>[https://rrflondon.2day.uk/section/TheRegimentalChapelsinLondon] The Royal Fusiliers Memorial Chapel Committee Chairman: [[Deputy lieutenant of Greater London#20th Century|Colonel Michael Dudding]] {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=90%|OBE|TD|DL}}</ref> the [[Churchyard|Regimental Garden of Remembrance]] is dedicated to all [[Royal Fusilier]]s from [[time immemorial]].<ref>"The Visitors Guide to the City of London Churches" Tucker,T: London, Friends of the City Churches, 2006 {{ISBN|0955394503}}</ref> 

At the [[Aisle|north aisle's west end]] are [[memorial]]s to the [[City of London Rifles]] (6th Battalion [[London Regiment (1908–1938)|London Regiment]]).<ref>[https://www.londonregimentassociation.co.uk/making-of-the-regiment www.londonregimentassociation.co.uk]</ref>

===Musicians' Chapel===
Beside the north aisle is the [[Musicians' church|Musicians' Chapel]], originally known as St Stephen's Chapel, dedicated to the 12th-century monastic [[Saint Stephen Harding|St Stephen Harding]], where [[votive Mass]]es were held before the [[English Reformation]] and then during the reign of [[Mary I of England|Mary I]].<ref name=le/>

The ashes of conductor [[Sir Henry Wood]], founder of ''[[Promenade Concerts|{{abbr|The Proms|Promenade Concerts, generally and in all broadcasts abbreviated to the Proms.}}]]'', who learnt to play the organ at the church as a boy, were interred in St Stephen's Chapel.<ref name=le/>

It was re-dedicated to musicians on 2 January 1955 by the [[Walter Matthews (priest)|Dean of St Paul's]], in the presence of many distinguished musicians, with [[Sir Malcolm Sargent]] conducting an orchestra and ''the [[BBC Singers]]''.<ref name=le/>  Its four [[Church window|windows]] commemorate the composers [[Walter Carroll]] and [[John Ireland (composer)|John Ireland]], opera singer [[Dame Nellie Melba]] and Sir Henry Wood.<ref name=le>"The London Encyclopædia" Hibbert, C; Weinreb, D; Keay, J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (revised 1993, 2008) {{ISBN|978-1405049245}}</ref>

The [[chapel]]'s décor and the ''Musicians' Book of Remembrance'' are maintained by the Friends of the Musicians' Chapel.<ref>[https://musicianschapel.org.uk www.musicianschapel.org.uk]</ref> A [[Memorial service|Service of Thanksgiving]] for all those in the book is held each year as well as a requiem on or about [[All Souls' Day]]. Many concerts and memorial events for [[musician]]s continue to be held at Holy Sepulchre, London.<ref>[https://www.wcomarchive.org.uk/parish-registers www.wcomarchive.org.uk]</ref>

=== Modern history ===
St Sepulchre united with the [[Benefice#Church of England|benefices]] of [[Christ Church Greyfriars|Christ Church, Newgate Street]]<ref>[https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/city-gardens/find-a-garden/christchurch-greyfriars-church-garden www.cityoflondon.gov.uk]</ref> and [[St Leonard, Foster Lane]] in 1954,<ref>[https://citizensmemorial.wordpress.com/history-of-christ-church/ www.citizensmemorial.wordpress.com]</ref> its [[incumbent (ecclesiastical)|incumbent]] being [[Ecclesiastical titles and styles|titled]] [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]].

The [[Church (building)|church]] was known as the '''National Musicians' Church''' for 70 years until August 2017, when hiring of the facilities for non-religious events was banned, against assurances given when [[Holy Trinity Brompton|HTB]] took over in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Madeleine |date=2017-08-24 |title=Music luminaries protest at St Sepulchre's plans |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/25-august/news/uk/music-luminaries-protest-at-st-sepulchre-s-plans-to-end-concerts |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250321173426/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/25-august/news/uk/music-luminaries-protest-at-st-sepulchre-s-plans-to-end-concerts |archive-date=2025-03-21 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=[[Church Times]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Fifty distinguished luminaries from the musical world, including [[Aled Jones]], [[Julian Lloyd Webber]], [[James MacMillan]], [[John Rutter]], [[Jane Glover]] and [[Judith Weir]], signed an [[open letter]] urging reversal of the ban and preservation of the church's "unique national cultural remit".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |last2= |first2= |date=2017-08-23 |title=UK's leading musicians fight church's ban on secular bookings |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/23/uks-leading-musicians-fight-church-ban-on-secular-bookings-aled-jones-judith-weir |access-date=2025-03-12 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> 7,800 people signed a petition for the decision to be reversed.<ref>[https://musiciansunion.org.uk/news/sign-the-petition-to-reverse-ban-on-musicians-at-st-sepulchre-s www.musiciansunion.org.uk]</ref>The [[Rt Revd]] [[Pete Broadbent]], [[Bishop of London|Acting Bishop of London]], also tried to convince the church to reverse its ban. Dr Andrew Earis,<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0c9fcnv/p0c9fjz7 www.bbc.co.uk]</ref> director of music at [[St Martin-in-the-Fields]] and former director of music at Holy Sepulchre, regretted that the church had not changed its decision, which he said was "doing irreparable harm to the church as a whole".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |last2= |first2= |date=2017-09-28 |title=London church rebuffs bishop's efforts to get it to remain concert venue |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/28/london-church-st-sepulchre-without-newgate-rebuffs-remain-concert-venue |access-date=2025-03-12 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In 2017, the Revd David Ingall,<ref>[https://tbn.uk/people/david-ingall/ Revd David Ingall, Ministry Director at Burning Heart]</ref> Rector of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, discontinued parish funds financing the [[requiem]] and allowing free rehearsal time. A protest was held and many prominent musicians including Sir John Rutter sought continued benevolence from the wider congregation and [[Advowson|church patron]]; attempts to mediate failed.<ref>[https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/29-september/news/uk/the-musicians-church-goes-virtual-as-st-sepulchre-s-sticks-to-its-guns www.churchtimes.co.uk]</ref>

Appointed [[Priest-in-Charge]] in 2021,<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Madeleine |date=2024-01-12 |title=HTB's allies alarmed by bid to resist same-sex blessings |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/12-january/news/uk/htb-s-allies-alarmed-by-bid-to-resist-same-sex-blessings |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240112185525/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/12-january/news/uk/htb-s-allies-alarmed-by-bid-to-resist-same-sex-blessings |archive-date=2024-01-12 |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=[[Church Times]]}}</ref> [[the Revd]] Nick Mottershead {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=90%|FCA}}<ref>[https://www.richardreevesfoundation.org.uk/governors www.richardreevesfoundation.org.uk]</ref> was instituted as Rector of St Sepulchre in 2024.<ref>[https://www.london.anglican.org/articles/clergy-and-staff-moves-september-2024/ www.london.anglican.org]</ref> Scion of a Cheshire family who became [[Mercers' Company|Mercers]], Mottershead serves since 2020 as [[Chaplain|Honorary Chaplain]] to the [[Worshipful Company of Fuellers]].<ref>[https://www.fuellers.co.uk/news/our-chaplain-nick-mottershead-is-being-installed-as-rector-of-holy-sepulchre-church-on-wednesday-23rd-october-2024/ www.fuellers.co.uk]</ref>

Clarifying that Holy Sepulchre Church is no longer a member of the [[HTB network]], its newly-installed [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]]<ref>[https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/27-september/gazette/appointments/appointments www.churchtimes.co.uk]</ref> in 2024 described his work "to rebuild a reputation around being the [[Musicians' church|Musicians’ Church]] and to redefine and communicate that this is a place welcoming to all. [[Faith]] or no faith, meeting people where they are — all that language is super-important to me." The Revd Fr Nick Mottershead also encouraged the introduction of same-sex blessings and expressed support for same-sex marriage in the future.<ref name=":02" />

==Organ==
[[File:The organ at St Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct - geograph.org.uk - 1806393.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|Holy Sepulchre Church pipe organ]]
The north aisle is dominated by a splendid [[pipe organ]] built by [[Renatus Harris]] in 1670;<ref>Pearce, C.W. "Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations" London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd 1909</ref> the [[organ case]] is its sole mention in the ''[[National Heritage]]'' architectural listing, adding the date of 1677.<ref name=listing/>

The [[Swell box|swell]] was added by John Byfield in {{circa|1730}}. The organ was enlarged in 1817 by James Hancock and by John Gray in 1828 and 1835, then [[Gray & Davison]] in 1849, 1852 and 1855. Rebuilt in 1932 by [[Harrison & Harrison]], Holy Sepulchre's organ specifications can be found on the [[National Pipe Organ Register]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N17580|title=The National Pipe Organ Register – NPOR}}</ref>  Not currently playable, efforts are being made to restore the church's pipe organ,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fundraising for Organ Restoration and Piano Replacement |url=https://hsl.church/fundraising |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=Holy Sepulchre London |language=en-GB}}</ref> a [[John Compton (organ builder)|Makin digital organ]] is used as required for services.

Holy Sepulchre's [[choir]] now comprises eight professional singers.

===Organists===
{{Incomplete list|date=April 2022}}
*Francis Forcer 1676–1704
*Thomas Deane 1705–1712
*Benjamin Short 1712–1760
*[[William Selby]] and Samuel Jarvis 1760–1773
*Samuel Jarvis 1773–1784
*George Cooper 1784–1799
*George Cooper 1799–1843 (son of above)
*[[George Cooper (organist)|George Cooper]] 1843–1876 (son of above)
*James Loaring
*Edwin Matthew Lott
*[[Edgar Pettman]]
*Frank Basil Fowle 1924–1958
*Peter Asprey ([[Director of Music]]–present)
*Joshua Ryan (Organist-elect)

==Architecture==
Now the largest parish church in the City,<ref name=cc/> Holy Sepulchre was completely rebuilt in the 15th century<ref name=cc>"The City Churches" Tabor, M. p. 127: London; The Swarthmore Press Ltd; 1917</ref> but was gutted by the [[Great Fire of London]] in 1666,<ref>{{cite book|title=Samuel Pepys – The Shorter Pepys|editor-last=Latham|editor-first=Robert|page=484|location=[[Harmondsworth]]|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|date=1985|isbn=0140094180}}</ref> which left standing only the outer walls,<ref>"The Survey of Building Sites in London after the Great Fire of 1666" Mills, P/ Oliver, J Vol I p. 124: [[Guildhall Library]] MS. 84 reproduced in facsimile, London, [[London Topographical Society]], 1946</ref> the [[Bell tower|tower]] and the [[Church porch|porch]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Old Churches of London|last=Cobb|first=G|location=London|publisher=[[Pavilion Books|Batsford]]|date=1942}}</ref> 

Rebuilt between 1667 and 1679 by [[Joshua Marshall (sculptor)|Joshua Marshall]], the King's Master Mason, Holy Sepulchre appears to be remodelled to Marshall's own design.<ref>Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851 by Rupert Gunnis</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cathmarshall.com/biographies/1628-joshua-marshall|title=1628 – Joshua Marshall|access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref> Lightly modified in the 18th century,<ref name=listing/> the interior of the church is a wide, roomy space with a [[coffered ceiling]]<ref>"London:the City Churches" Pevsner, N / Bradley, S. New Haven, Yale, 1998 {{ISBN|0300096550}}</ref> installed in 1834, with plasterwork completed three years later.<ref name=listing/> The church underwent considerable re-facing and alterations in 1878,<ref name=listing/> then remodelling by [[Sir Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet|Sir Charles Nicholson]] in 1932. 

During the [[Second World War]] its 18th-century [[Guardhouse|watch house]], built in the churchyard to deter grave-robbers, [[The Blitz|was bomb-struck]] but later rebuilt. The church has been designated a Grade I-[[listed building]] (the highest grade) since 1950.<ref name=listing>{{NHLE |num=1064640 |access-date=23 January 2009}}</ref> [[St Sepulchre (parish)|St Sepulchre]] [[Vicarage]] on [[Giltspur Street]] was fully renovated when the incumbent, [[Peter Mullen|Revd Dr Peter Mullen]], was serving as the [[Michael Oliver (Lord Mayor of London)|Lord Mayor's Chaplain]] in 2001/02.

==Notable people associated with Holy Sepulchre Church==
*[[Henry Cromwell#Family|Thomas Cromwell]] (1699–1748), great-grandson of [[Lord Protector]] [[Oliver Cromwell]], was a parishioner<ref>[https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/thomas-cromwell-16991748-48832 www.artuk.org]</ref>
*[[Thomas Culpeper]], Tudor courtier, buried here
*[[Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre]], Tudor nobleman, buried here
*[[List of lord and lady mayors of London#17th century|Sir Thomas Davis]], Pepys' bookseller and Lord Mayor of London 1676/77, is buried here<ref>[https://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/5644/ www.pepysdiary.com]</ref>
*[[Thomas Gouge|Revd Thomas Gouge]], Vicar ejected as a Presbyterian in 1662
*[[Samuel Gurney (MP)|Samuel Gurney]] {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=90%|MP}}, erected the first drinking fountain for the [[Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association|Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association]] on the railings of St Sepulchre Church, restored in 1913, where it remains 
*[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] [[George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield]], married Anne Drake here in 1748<ref>[https://www.burkespeerage.com/ www.burkespeerage.com]</ref>
*[[Peter Mullen|Revd Dr Peter Mullen]], Rector 1998–2012, sometime Chaplain to the [[London Stock Exchange]] and writer
*[[Sir Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet|Sir Charles Nicholson]] {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=90%|Bt|FRIBA}}, remodelled the interior in 1932
*[[William Rosewell (apothecary)#Family|Francis Phillips (1575–1622)]], [[Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer|auditor of the Royal Exchequer]] and patron of the living<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/jas1/1603-10/pp103-140 www.british-history.ac.uk]</ref>
*[[Hugh Plat|Sir Hugh Platt]] and his son, William Platt, were parishioners
*[[John Rogers (Bible editor and martyr)|Revd John Rogers]], Reader of St Paul's, Bible translator and the first English Protestant martyr under [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]
*[[Anthony St Leger (Master of the Rolls)|Sir Anthony St Leger]], Tudor judge, and his first wife Dame Eleanor ''née'' Markham, buried in 1613 and 1599 respectively
*[[Senior captain|Captain]] [[John Smith (explorer)|Sir John Smith]], [[List of colonial governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] whom [[Princess Pocahontas]] rescued, buried 1631 in the south aisle; also commemorated by a window designed by [[Francis Skeat]] and installed in 1968<ref>{{cite web |work=St. Sepulchre-without-Newgate |title=The John Smith Window |url=http://web.me.com/a.earis/stsepulchre.htm |access-date=22 December 2010}}</ref>
*[[Austin Osman Spare]], artist, attended the [[Parochial school|church school]], now a physiotherapy centre, behind the church in [[Snow Hill, London|Snow Hill Court]]
*[[George Whitmore (haberdasher)|Sir George Whitmore]], Master Haberdasher and [[Lord Mayor of London|Lord Mayor]], was a parishioner and father-in-law of [[Edmund Sawyer (MP)|Edmund Sawyer]] {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=90%|MP}}<ref>[https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/sawyer-edmund-15867-1676 www.historyofparliamentonline.org]</ref>
*[[Roger Williams|Revd Roger Williams]] (1603–1683), founder of [[Rhode Island]], British America
*[[Sir Henry Wood]], founding conductor at ''the [[BBC Proms]]''
*[[Charles Wriothesley]], long-serving [[Windsor Herald]] at the [[College of Arms]] and chronicler, buried 1562 in the middle aisle.

==See also==
{{Portal|Christianity|London}}
*[[List of churches and cathedrals of London]]
*[[St Bartholomew-the-Great|Priory of St Bartholomew, London]]

==References==
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==External links==
[https://hsl.church/ St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church] website

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