By 2028, the City of London will see a new skyscraper being added to its already impressive skyline. The project will be crowned with a special feature, as a medieval church tower will be one of the main features of the building.
The works on 50 Fenchurch Street, – a new construction designed by Eric Parry Architects and situated in between Fenchurch Street, Mincing Lane, Dunster Court, and Mark Lane in the City of London – started at the beginning of 2025. All the buildings on the site were built after 1945 and have been demolished over the past few months, except for two: the medieval Tower of All Hallows Staining and the subterranean Lambe’s Chapel Crypt.
While both buildings are listed, they haven’t been accessible to the public for a while since they are currently situated on private land. This will soon change as both the tower and the crypt will be integrated into the 50 Fenchurch Street project, covering 62,000 square meters of flexible office space.
“The proposed scheme sets the Tower within a new street level public realm, with the aspiration of providing public access to the interior. Lambe’s Chapel Crypt is to be relocated to a publicly accessible location on site, providing the opportunity to improve the Crypt’s presentation, setting and understanding”, Eric Parry Architects explain.
Tower and crypt
While the works on 50 Fenchurch Street started at the beginning of 2025, a new milestone was hit during the last week of September 2025. A “bottoming out” ceremony celebrated the fact that 125,000 tonnes of earth were removed from around the church.
The 14th-century church tower has since been left suspended on stilts, some 14 meters above the excavation site for the 36-storey building. The tower is all what’s left of the church, after the rest of the building collapsed in 1671. Indeed, it was spared during the great fire of London in 1666 but feel down a mere five years later. Historians argue that too many graves were dug in its surroundings, thus little by little weakening the church’s foundations.
The crypt was another leftover from the original church and will be preserved as well, being a listed monument. However, given the difficulty of the project, it was disassembled previously and it will be put back into place later on during the construction. Once the project is completed, it will become part of 50 Funchurch Street’s public green space, and the public will be able to visit the historical monument.
Honoured to be at the bottoming out ceremony of the new Fifty Fenchurch St with @AXAIM_UK , MULTIPLEX, Kanda and @cityoflondon pic.twitter.com/Q9hkCp7Hk8
— Howard Dawber (@howarddawber) September 24, 2025
“Fifty Fenchurch Street is a remarkable project, and I am delighted to attend this unique ceremony that marks a significant construction milestone for this 36-storey flagship development. Development projects like this one in the City of London highlight our capital’s position as a world-leading destination for leading businesses to invest”, said Howard Dawber, deputy mayor of London for business and growth.
50 Fenchurch Street will provide over 62,000 square meters of flexible office space arranged around a central core. The ground level of the building will provide a new green public space, while ground-floor level shops and a roof garden complete the project, which is planned to be completed in 2028.
