Temple Church

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Anglican church church building historic building

Temple Church is a historic 12th-century church in London, originally built by the Knights Templar and renowned for its distinctive round nave and medieval effigies.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Temple Church, London 2
Temple Church (ruins) 1
Temple Church round church 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican church ⓘ
church building ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
affiliation Inner Temple ⓘ
Middle Temple ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
Romanesque architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Crusades ⓘ
English legal profession ⓘ
history of the Knights Templar ⓘ
category Churches in the City of London ⓘ
Grade I listed churches in London ⓘ
Knights Templar sites in England ⓘ
city London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
country United Kingdom ⓘ
damagedBy German bombing in World War II ⓘ
damagedIn World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
dateOfConstruction 12th century ⓘ
denomination Church of England ⓘ
diocese Diocese of London ⓘ
floorPlan round nave with rectangular chancel ⓘ
foundedBy Knights Templar ⓘ
Knights Templar ⓘ
surface form: Order of the Temple
function shared church of the Inner and Middle Temple Inns of Court ⓘ
hasOrgan yes ⓘ
hasPart Round Church ⓘ
chancel ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
inception c. 1185 ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedInArea Temple area, London ⓘ
surface form: Temple, London
material stone ⓘ
notableFeature effigies of Knights Templar ⓘ
medieval effigies ⓘ
round nave ⓘ
originalDenomination Knights Templar ⓘ
parish Temple ⓘ
province Province of Canterbury ⓘ
publicAccess yes ⓘ
restoredIn 20th century ⓘ
usedFor concerts ⓘ
legal profession ceremonies ⓘ
religious services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple Church choir → associatedWith → Temple Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple Church, London
Temple Church choir → basedIn → Temple Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple Church, London
Inner Temple → hasBuilding → Temple Church ⓘ
Temple Quay → hasNearbyLandmark → Temple Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple Church (ruins)
King's Bench Walk → near → Temple Church ⓘ
Outer Temple → near → Temple Church ⓘ
Temple Church choir → performsIn → Temple Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple Church round church