IT may not be the first name on their lips when people talk about famous places of worship, but St Martin-in-the-Fields is the most visible parish church in London, at the centre of the tourist route and a regular background feature for city inhabitants going about their daily business. It’s fortunate that it is the prettiest church in the capital, easily holding its own against the larger buildings that have sprung up around since its first stone was laid 300 years ago this year.
There has been a church on the site since the
