High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Christ Church Greyfriars, also known as Christ Church Newgate, was an Anglican church located on Newgate Street, opposite St Paul`s Cathedral in the City of London. Built first in the gothic style, then in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren, it ranked among the City`s most notable pieces of architecture and places of worship. The church was destroyed in the Second World War; the ruins are now a public garden.