St George's, Bloomsbury

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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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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/ ⓘ

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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)