been saved was the cover of the finely carved wooden font, recovered by an unknown fireman who ran inside as the flames raged. The roof and vaulting collapsed into the nave; the tower and four main walls, made of stone, remained standing but were smoke-scarred and gravely weakened. A photograph taken the following day shows two firemen hosing down smouldering rubble in the nave. Post-war period In 1944, The Times wrote about the ruins of Christ Church In 1949, in a reorganisation of Church of England parishes in London, authorities decided not to rebuild Christ Church. The remains of the church were designated a Grade I listed building on 4 January 1950. In 1954, the Christ Church parish was merged with that of the nearby St Sepulchre-without-Newgate. The steeple, still standing after the wartime damage, was disassembled in 1960 and put back together using modern construction methods. The surviving lower part of the south wall and the entire east wall were demolished in 1962 to make way for a widening of King Edward Street. In 1981, neo-Georgian brick offices were constructed against the southwest corner of the ruins, in imitation of the 1760 vestry house that had stood there. In 1989, the former nave area became a public garden and memorial. The tower's lowers levels functioned as commercial rental space. In 2002, the financial firm Merrill Lynch completed a regional headquarters complex on land abutting to the north and the west. In conjunction with that project, the Christ Church site underwent a major renovation and archeological examination, King Edward Street was returned to its former course, and the site of the church regained its pre-war footprint. The churchyard was spruced up and its metal railings restored. In 2006, work was completed to convert the tower and spire into a modern twelve-level private residence. The nave area continues as a memorial; the wooden font cover, topped by a carved angel, can today be seen in the porch of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate. Burials John Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave John Devereux, 1st Baron Devereux Elizabeth Barton (the 'mad maid of Kent') Richard Baxter (theologian) Venetia Stanley (Society beauty) Kenelm Digby (courtier, adventurer, and natural philosopher) Humphry Ditton (mathematician) Isabella of France (Queen of England) Thomas Malory (author of Le Morte d'Arthur) Marguerite of France (Queen of England) Joan of The Tower (Queen of Scotland) Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk (noblewoman) Isabella de Coucy (princess) Beatrice