Christopher Wren by Godfrey Kneller 1711

The post of Surveyor of the Fabric of

St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglicanism, Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London ...

was established in 1675. The role is an architectural one, with the current holder being responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the cathedral and its buildings. In the past, the role has involved overseeing new construction work as well as restoration and

architectural conservation Conservation and restoration of immovable cultural property describes the process through which the material, historical, and design integrity of any immovable cultural property are prolonged through carefully planned interventions. The indivi ...

. The post has been held by the following people: #

Christopher Wren Sir Christopher Wren PRS FRS (; – ) was one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history, as well as an anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist. He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 church ...

(1675–1723) # John James (1723–1746) #

Henry Flitcroft Henry Flitcroft (30 August 1697 – 25 February 1769) was a major English architect in the second generation of Palladianism. He came from a simple background: his father was a labourer in the gardens at Hampton Court and he began as a joiner by ...

(1746–1756) # Stiff Leadbetter (1756–1766) # Robert Mylne (1766-1811) #

Samuel Pepys Cockerell Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1753–1827) was an English architect. He was a son of John Cockerell, of Bishop's Hull, Somerset, and the elder brother of Sir Charles Cockerell, 1st Baronet, for whom he designed the house he is best known for, Sezinc ...

(1811–1819) #

Charles Robert Cockerell Charles Robert Cockerell (27 April 1788 – 17 September 1863) was an English architect, archaeologist, and writer. He studied architecture under Robert Smirke. He went on an extended Grand Tour lasting seven years, mainly spent in Greece. ...

(1819–1852) # Francis Penrose (1852–1897) # Somers Clarke (1897–1906) # Mervyn Edmund Macartney (1906–1931) #

Walter Godfrey Allen W. Godfrey Allen (1891–1986), full name Walter Godfrey Allen, was an architect in the twentieth century. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral from 1931 to 1956. He devised the St. Paul's Heights policy in 1937, a policy to stop ...

(1931–1956) # John Seely, Lord Mottistone (1956–1963) # Paul Edward Paget (1963–1969) #

Bernard Feilden Sir Bernard Melchior Feilden CBE FRIBA (11 September 1919 – 14 November 2008) was a conservation architect whose work encompassed cathedrals, the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal. Biography Feilden was born in Hampstead, London. He was edu ...

(1969–1977) # Robert Potter (1978–1984) # William Whitfield (1985–1990) # Martin Stancliffe (1990–2011) # Oliver Caroe (2011–present)

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