St George's, Bloomsbury

E244010

Anglican church Baroque church building Church of England church Grade I listed building

St George's, Bloomsbury is an early 18th-century London church designed by architect Nicholas Hawksmoor, noted for its distinctive stepped tower and classical Baroque style.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
St George Bloomsbury	2
St George's, Bloomsbury canonical	1
St George’s Bloomsbury	1
St George’s, Bloomsbury (completion work)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican church ⓘ Baroque church building ⓘ Church of England church ⓘ Grade I listed building ⓘ
architect	Nicholas Hawksmoor ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Classical Baroque ⓘ English Baroque ⓘ
belongsTo	St Giles-in-the-Fields, London ⓘ surface form: Parish of St George’s Bloomsbury with St Giles in the Fields
builtAs	Commissioners' church ⓘ
churchmanship	Liberal Catholic ⓘ
city	City of London ⓘ
commissionedUnder	Act of Parliament for Fifty New Churches ⓘ
completionDate	1731 ⓘ
consecrationYear	1730 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1716 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint George of Lydda ⓘ surface form: Saint George
denomination	Church of England ⓘ
diocese	Diocese of London ⓘ
featuredIn	Hogarth ⓘ surface form: William Hogarth’s print "Gin Lane"
governingBody	Parochial Church Council of St George’s Bloomsbury ⓘ
hasRestoration	extensive restoration completed in early 21st century ⓘ
hasStatue	statue of King George I on the spire ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1951 ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Anglican ⓘ
locatedIn	Bloomsbury ⓘ England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London London Borough of Camden ⓘ
material	Portland stone ⓘ
near	British Museum ⓘ
notableFeature	portico with Corinthian columns ⓘ spire with statue of King George I ⓘ stepped tower ⓘ
parish	St George's, Bloomsbury self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: St George’s Bloomsbury
province	Province of Canterbury ⓘ
streetAddress	Bloomsbury Way ⓘ
towerType	stepped tower with classical stages ⓘ
usedFor	Christian worship ⓘ concerts ⓘ cultural events ⓘ
website	https://stgeorgesbloomsbury.org.uk/ ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Bloomsbury → hasPart → St George's, Bloomsbury ⓘ

St George's, Bloomsbury → parish → St George's, Bloomsbury self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: St George’s Bloomsbury

Commission for Building Fifty New Churches → notableWork → St George's, Bloomsbury ⓘ

this entity surface form: St George Bloomsbury

Hawksmoor church → hasExample → St George's, Bloomsbury ⓘ

this entity surface form: St George Bloomsbury

Henry Flitcroft → notableWork → St George's, Bloomsbury ⓘ

this entity surface form: St George’s, Bloomsbury (completion work)