<P> The tower is built of Portland stone, with a large spire . On top of the spire is a ball and weather vane . </P> <P> Inside, the nave has a gallery on three sides, with a pair of fluted Ionic columns supporting the gallery at the west end . On the ceiling is a painting done by Basil Champneys in 1897 of cherubs breaking through a clouded sky, with texts on a ribbon . The coats of arms of four of the City Livery Companies (the Skinners, Grocers, Fishmongers and Drapers) appear on a frieze . The chancel has three bays . There is a tall pulpit on four Ionic columns, and an octagonal font of grey marble . </P> <P> The east window of the church, which includes a kneeling figure of Dickens' Little Dorrit, was designed by Marion Grant . </P> <P> Like St James Garlickhythe in the City of London, St George the Martyr has two reliefs of the Royal Arms . Both are of the House of Stuart . The main one, located on the gallery at the west end, is said to have come from the former church of St Michael Wood Street . </P>

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