Fen Court is a short pedestrian passageway in the

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, linking

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to Fenchurch Avenue.

Fen Court garden

At the middle of the passageway is Fen Court garden, which was re-landscaped in 2008. It is close to the site of an earlier

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church, where the reverend

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delivered many anti-slavery sermons. A sculpture 'The Gilt of Cain', by Michael Visocchi, was unveiled in the park by Archbishop

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to commemorate the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. The London Centre for Spiritual Direction has a small circular labyrinth laid out in the garden. The garden is on the site of the churchyard of St Gabriel Fenchurch, burnt down in the

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in 1666.

One Fen Court

In 2019, a mixed use building of 15 storeys built by Generali Real Estate with

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, called One Fen Court or 120 Fenchurch Street, opened alongside the east side of Fen Court. The building has a publicly accessible roof garden named The Garden at 120, and is high. A pedestrian route parallel to Fen Court runs through an undercroft in One Fen Court, with a ceiling-mounted public artwork.

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