Fen Court is a short pedestrian passageway in the

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, England, 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, featuring text by

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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 St Gabriel Fenchurch (or Fen Church as recorded on the Ordnance Survey) was a parish church in the Langbourn, Langbourn Ward of the City of London, destroyed in the Great Fire of London and not rebuilt. History The church stood between Rood La ...

, 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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