It was severely damaged in the Great Fire of London in 1666."The City Churches" Tabor, M. p72:London; The Swarthmore Press Ltd; 1917 Rather than being completely rebuilt, the damaged church was patched up between 1668 and 1671."The London Encyclopaedia" Hibbert,C; Weinreb,D; Keay,J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993,2008) A steeple was added in 1695–1701 to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren.
