One of the parish churches rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of 1666; in 1781 the parish was united with that of St Christopher le Stocks, the latter church now demolished.
These sculptures, above the portico of the Bank of England, were the work of Sir Charles Wheeler - part of a set depicting 'Creators and Guardians of Wealth' - for Sir Herbert Baker's reconstruction of the Bank edifice between the World Wars.