st.john's bethnal green, london

soane's west front is the least altered part of his 1826 church, it was designed to have a taller tower, but financial considerations lopped one storey off. the window tracery is an addition of 1870, and all of soane's pinnacles were shortened or removed before 1849 . a considerable amount of restoration and refacing of stonework is going on at present: it's a pity that there is no will or money to return the church to soane's design.