Eventually the wind abated and the fire was put out. A Fire Court
with royal justices was created to offer settlements that were
free, fair, fast, and final. Army tents and supplies, and soup
kitchens sustained the citizens in the fields.
After the fire, buildings had to be brick or stone rather than
wood, except for doors and windows. Also, more plaster and tile
was used. All roofs had to be of tile or slate, rather than
thatch. There was a general use of tile for roofing. About 1714,
came slate for roofings. All buildings had to be at least two
stories high, with flat facades rather than overhanging upper
floors. They had to have wide brick walls around them to avoid the
spread of fires. Many streets, squares, and alleys were
professionally planned, after the example of Indigo Jones who had
continued his town planning with Lincoln's Inn field's open square
surrounded by houses with iron balconies and Leiscester Square.
Main streets had to be wide enough to stop a fire. The street
selling that had caused so much congestion was removed to new
market places. The massive rebuilding of London ended the monopoly
of the building trade claimed by the Mason's Company. Astronomer
and geometrician Christopher Wren designed and built a new St.
Paul's Cathedral and many churches in London, becoming England's
first architect. He worked up from a square base through all sorts
of shapes to a circular double dome on top.
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