Show wren had last laugh on critical councillors sir christopher wren builder of st pauls cathedral and many other famous churches was partly responsible for the town hall of windsor in 1686 but the good councillors had misgivings about his work they complained to him that the big hall had no pillars to support it and despite wrens assurances that it had been designed that van w hantid nd Tid was safe demanded that shih 3 ting pillars be placed in po wren agreed to do so and had four pillars erected but some years later it was discovered that the pillars came one inch short of reaching the ceiling |