Hawksmoor church

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architectural heritage category church building type

A Hawksmoor church is one of the distinctive early 18th-century London churches designed by architect Nicholas Hawksmoor, noted for their dramatic Baroque and neoclassical architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Hawksmoor church canonical 1
St John Horsleydown 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural heritage category ⓘ
church building type ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Baroque architecture

English Baroque ⓘ
neoclassical architecture ⓘ
associatedWith post-Great Fire of London reconstruction ⓘ
urban expansion of early 18th-century London ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalSignificance important examples of English ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ
landmarks of London Baroque ⓘ
denomination Anglican ⓘ
designedBy Nicholas Hawksmoor ⓘ
era Georgian era ⓘ
function parish church ⓘ
place of Anglican worship ⓘ
hasElement crypt ⓘ
dramatic staircases ⓘ
giant order columns ⓘ
large rectangular nave ⓘ
portico ⓘ
prominent west front ⓘ
spire ⓘ
steeple ⓘ
tower ⓘ
hasExample Christ Church, Spitalfields ⓘ
surface form: Christ Church Spitalfields

St Alfege Church ⓘ
surface form: St Alfege Greenwich

St Anne, Limehouse ⓘ
surface form: St Anne Limehouse

St George's, Bloomsbury ⓘ
surface form: St George Bloomsbury

St George-in-the-East ⓘ
surface form: St George in the East

St Mary Woolnoth ⓘ
heritageStatus many are Grade I listed buildings ⓘ
influencedBy Christopher Wren ⓘ
Renaissance architecture ⓘ
classical Roman architecture ⓘ
continental Baroque architecture ⓘ
locatedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
notableFor complex geometries ⓘ
dramatic massing ⓘ
striking towers and spires ⓘ
symbolic architectural forms ⓘ
partOf Commission for Building Fifty New Churches ⓘ
region City of London ⓘ
East London ⓘ
City of Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster
religiousAffiliation Church of England ⓘ
timePeriod early 18th century ⓘ
typicalMaterial Portland stone ⓘ

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

St George-in-the-East → category → Hawksmoor church ⓘ
Commission for Building Fifty New Churches → notableWork → Hawksmoor church ⓘ
this entity surface form: St John Horsleydown