Site: St Paul’s Choir school (1 memorial)
EC4, Carter Lane, 36
Built as St Paul’s Choir school this opened in 1876 with 40 boys. Now a hostel for the YHA. The inscription on the frieze around the building reads: MIHI AUTEM ABSIT GLORIARI NISI IN CRUCE DOMINI NOSTRI JESU CHRISTI / PER QUEM MIHI MUNDUS CRUCIFIXUS EST ET EGO MUNDO. {But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world - from St Paul’s letter to the Galatians 6:14.}
On one corner there is a projecting heraldic cartouche with the dean's arms and putto, with the two panels beneath.
We are indebted to David Hopkins for the Latin translations, indeed for deciphering a lot of the text as well, and for much of the research.
In the 1960/70s the school moved to the new building immediately to the east of St Pauls Cathedral, in New Change. Via Facebook, Nick Bickel specified the date as just after Easter 1967.
