St Paul's Cathedral - Floor Plans

 

 

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL CRYPT
The crypt contains very many monuments, from the massive (several having been moved there from the body of the church) to simple wall tablets. There are also a large number of floor slabs. I have been unable to find a complete list of these, let alone their positions in the church. Pevsner does not provide a plan of the crypt and I find his descriptions at time rather vague; the RCHM does provide a plan but the monuments are not indicated on it. This is an attempt to provide a basic plan with the various part of the crypt labeled.
 
 
PLAN of OLD SAINT PAUL'S
 
 
This is a plan of Old St Paul's by Wencelaus Hollar's etching in Dugdale's St Paul's
 
PLAN of ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL - BODY of CHURCH
 
 

Parts of Church
A. Chapel of All Souls B. Nave - North Aisle
C. Nave D. Nave - South Aisle
E. North Transept F. Crossing
G. South Transept H Chancel - North Aisle
I Chancel J Chancel - South Aisle



Monuments
The Nave, Aisles & Chapels
 
1. Horation Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916) 2. Sir Frederick Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830-1896)
3. Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1796-1852) Monument 4. Mjr-Gen Sir Herbert Stewart (1844-1885) Mural tablet
5. Mjr-Gen Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens (1779-1828) 6. Mjr.Gen Charles George Gordon (1833-1885)
7. William Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848) & Frederick, 2nd Viscount Melbourne 8. Cpt Richard Rundle Burgiss RN (1755-1797)
9. Bishop Thomas Frederick Middleton (1769-1822) 10. Cpt Edward Moubray Lyons RN (1819-1855)
11. Cpt Granville Gower Loch RN (1831-1853) 12. Cpt George Blagdon Westcott (RN) (1743-1798)
       
The Crossing
       
13. Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) 14 Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
15. John Howard (1726-1790) 16. Sir William Jones (1746-1794)
     
The North Transept
Several monuments on the original plan have been moved to the crypt
       
17. Charles Robert Cockerell (1863) Relief 18. Mjr-Gen Hougham
19.  Mountstuart Elphinstone (1859) * 20. Lt-Gen Sir Thomas Picton (1758-1815)
21 Lt-Col Sir William Myers (1784-1811)  Relief 22 Mjr-Gen J R Mackenzie & Brig-Gen E Langworth (both - 1809) no further details
23. Capt Robert Faulknor RN (1763-1795) 24. Mjr-Gen Andrew Hay (1762-1814)
25. Mjr-Gens Gore & Skerret (1814) 26. Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1731-1804)*
27. Mjr-Gen Thomas Dundas (1750-17940 28. Mjr-Gens Robert Crauford (1764-1812) & Henry Mackinnon (1773-1812)
29. Admiral Sir Charles John Napier (1786-1860) 30. Mjr-Gen John Gaspard Le Marchant (1812)
    31. Mjr-Gen Bernard Foord Bowes (1770-1812)
       
The South Transept
32. Mjr-Gen Sir Isaac Brock (1769-1812) 33. William Babbington (1756-1833)
34. Vice Admiral Edmund Lyons, Lord Lyons (1790-1858) 35. Lt-Gen Sir Ralph Abercrombie (1736-1801)
36. Lt-Gen Sir John Moore (1761-1809) 37. Cpt Sir William Hoste Bt RN (1780 -1828)
38. Sir Astley Paston Cooper (1768-1841) 39. Mjr-Gen Robert Rolle Gillespie (1766 -1814)
40.

Mjr-Gen Sir Edward Michael Packenham (1778-1815) and  Mjr-Gen Samuel Gibbs (?-1815)

 41. Vice-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805)
42. Cpt George N Hardinge RN (1779-1808) 43. Gen Sir George Cornwallis, Marquis Cornwallis (1739-1805)
44. Gen Sir George Elliot, 1st Baron Heathfield ( -1790) 45. Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851)
47. Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (1750-1810) 48. Admiral-of-the-Fleet Richard Howe, Earl Howe (1726-1799)
49. Lt-Col Henry Cadogan (1780-1813) 50. Mjr-Gen Robert Ross (1766 -1814) *
51 Mjr-Gen Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence (1806-1857) 52 Mjr-Gen Sir John Jones Bt (1797-1843)
       
Chancel South Aisle
Several on the monuments on the original plan have since been moved to the crypt
       
53 Dean John Donne (1572-1632) 54 Bishop John Jackson (1811-1885)
       
       

Notes

  I do not have a modern plan of St Paul's Cathedral which shows the position of the monuments and I have not visited the church since I was aged eleven. The information about the monuments is from the relevant RCHM and Pevsner volumes as well as a few other sources. However the former, although very compressive, had a cut off date so many of the monuments are not included; while the latter is selective and it is not possible to know which monuments, although still present, have simply been omitted. The plan of the body of the church above is based upon an old, now out of date, plan which did have the position of the monuments indicated. Several of the very large monuments, mainly from the North Transept, have been moved to the crypt, a job I am glad I did not have to take part in! A few are not mentioned in Pevsner so it is not possible to say if they are still in the places indicated or not. The latter writer also mentions some monuments which were not included in the original plan, very likely because they post dated the drawing. All of the monuments in the South Transept appear to correspond to the old plan. A few of the monuments which are marked on the old plan as being in the South Chancel Aisle have also been moved to the crypt. For these reasons my new plan will almost certainly be inaccurate but hopefully modifications and corrections can be made in the future.

North Transept
Listed in Pevsner but not on Plan

Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath (1926)
Sir Arthur Sullivan (1900)
Sir John Stainer (1901)
 
On Plan but not listed in Pevsner *
 
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1859) This is now in the crypt but not listed in Pevsner
Admiral Adam Duncan. (1804) This is now in the crypt but not listed in Pevsner
 
South Transept
On Plan but not listed in Pevsner *

Mjr-Gen Robert Ross. This monument is over the entrance to the crypt and is in situ but curiously omitted from Pevsner. I have shown it on the plan
 

 
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