St Anne, Limehouse

E53252

Anglican church Church of England parish church Grade I listed building

St Anne, Limehouse is an early 18th-century Baroque church in London, renowned as one of architect Nicholas Hawksmoor’s most striking and idiosyncratic ecclesiastical designs.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Parish of St Anne with Holy Trinity, Limehouse	1
St Anne’s Limehouse	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican church ⓘ Church of England parish church ⓘ Grade I listed building ⓘ
architect	Nicholas Hawksmoor ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Baroque architecture in England ⓘ English Baroque ⓘ
builtInPeriod	early 18th century ⓘ
category	18th-century Church of England church buildings ⓘ Baroque church buildings in the United Kingdom ⓘ Churches in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ Nicholas Hawksmoor ⓘ surface form: Nicholas Hawksmoor buildings
commissionedUnder	Commission for Building Fifty New Churches ⓘ
completionDate	1727 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1714 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
deanery	Tower Hamlets Deanery ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Anne ⓘ
denomination	Church of England ⓘ
diocese	Diocese of London ⓘ
ecclesiasticalProvince	Province of Canterbury ⓘ
governedBy	Parochial Church Council of St Anne, Limehouse ⓘ
hasBells	ring of church bells ⓘ
hasCemetery	St Anne, Limehouse churchyard ⓘ
hasChurchmanship	Anglo-Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Catholic
hasFeature	dramatic steeple ⓘ monumental portico ⓘ prominent west tower ⓘ rusticated stonework ⓘ
hasOrgan	pipe organ ⓘ
hasOrientation	traditional east–west church alignment ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy	Historic England ⓘ
listedSince	20th century ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Western Christianity ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Wapping ⓘ surface form: Limehouse London, England ⓘ surface form: London London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ
material	Portland stone ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic Baroque massing ⓘ idiosyncratic Hawksmoor design ⓘ
oversees	parish ministry in Limehouse area ⓘ
parish	St Anne, Limehouse self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Parish of St Anne with Holy Trinity, Limehouse
partOf	Christ Church, Spitalfields ⓘ surface form: Hawksmoor churches in London
surroundedBy	urban streets of Limehouse ⓘ
usedFor	Anglican liturgy ⓘ Christian worship ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

English Baroque → notableWork → St Anne, Limehouse ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Anne’s Limehouse

Nicholas Hawksmoor → notableWork → St Anne, Limehouse ⓘ

St Anne, Limehouse → parish → St Anne, Limehouse self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parish of St Anne with Holy Trinity, Limehouse