King Edward the Confessor CoA on Church House - Westminster (London)
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Depicted coat of arms of Edward the Confessor, King of England and founder of Westminster Abbey, decorates facade of Church House in SE corner of Dean's Yard of Westminster Abbey in London.
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/10/2014
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Depicted coat of arms of Edward the Confessor, King of England and founder of Westminster Abbey, decorates facade of Church House in SE corner of Dean's Yard of Westminster Abbey in London. The crest is located on the facade above the pedestrian passageway' portal which connects Dean's Yard with Tufton Street.
Edward the Confessor (between 1003 and 1005 – 4 or 5 January 1066), son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066. Edward has traditionally been seen as unworldly and pious, and his reign is notable for the disintegration of royal power in England and the advance in power of the Godwin family. Edward's Norman sympathies are most clearly seen in the major building project of his reign, Westminster Abbey, the first Norman Romanesque church in England. [wiki]
Church House is the building that serves as the headquarters of the Church of England, occupying the south end of Dean's Yard next to Westminster Abbey in London. The current building, designed by Sir Herbert Baker, is a 1930s replacement of the original building, commissioned in 1902 by the Corporation of the Church House, formed in 1888, to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, celebrated in 1887. Though delayed at first by the depression of the early 1930s, the foundation stone was laid by Queen Mary on 26 June 1937, and the building was officially opened by King George VI on 10 June 1940. [wiki]