Christ Church, Spitalfields

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Anglican church English Baroque church Grade I listed building parish church

Christ Church, Spitalfields is a prominent early 18th-century Anglican church in London, renowned as one of the finest examples of English Baroque architecture.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Christ Church Spitalfields 3
Hawksmoor churches in London 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican church ⓘ
English Baroque church ⓘ
Grade I listed building ⓘ
parish church ⓘ
architect Nicholas Hawksmoor ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque architecture ⓘ
English Baroque ⓘ
completionDate 1729 ⓘ
consecrationYear 1729 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1714 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo Jesus Christ ⓘ
denomination Church of England ⓘ
diocese Diocese of London ⓘ
hasCategory 18th-century Church of England church buildings ⓘ
Baroque architecture in London ⓘ
Churches in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ
Nicholas Hawksmoor ⓘ
surface form: Nicholas Hawksmoor buildings
hasFeature crypt ⓘ
large nave ⓘ
portico ⓘ
prominent west tower ⓘ
steeple ⓘ
hasOrgan pipe organ ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1950 ⓘ
inception early 18th century ⓘ
locatedIn East End of London ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ
Brick Lane ⓘ
surface form: Spitalfields
namedAfter Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Christ
near Brick Lane ⓘ
Commercial Street ⓘ
Old Spitalfields Market ⓘ
surface form: Spitalfields Market
notableFor English Baroque architecture ⓘ
being one of Nicholas Hawksmoor's London churches ⓘ
prominent spire on the London skyline ⓘ
parish Christ Church, Spitalfields self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Christ Church Spitalfields
partOf Commission for Building Fifty New Churches ⓘ
province Province of Canterbury ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
restorationArchitect Bernard Feilden ⓘ
Purcell Miller Tritton ⓘ
underwentRestoration early 21st century ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
usedFor Anglican worship ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
cultural events ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Spitalfields, London, England → contains → Christ Church, Spitalfields ⓘ
subject surface form: Spitalfields
this entity surface form: Christ Church Spitalfields
Spitalfields, London, England → hasLandmark → Christ Church, Spitalfields ⓘ
subject surface form: Spitalfields
this entity surface form: Christ Church Spitalfields
Nicholas Hawksmoor → notableWork → Christ Church, Spitalfields ⓘ
Christ Church, Spitalfields → parish → Christ Church, Spitalfields self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christ Church Spitalfields
St Anne, Limehouse → partOf → Christ Church, Spitalfields ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hawksmoor churches in London