St George-in-the-East

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Anglican church Baroque church Grade I listed building

St George-in-the-East is a Baroque Anglican church in London, renowned as one of Nicholas Hawksmoor’s distinctive early 18th-century churches.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Parish of St George-in-the-East	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican church ⓘ Baroque church ⓘ Grade I listed building ⓘ
administrativeArea	London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ
architect	Nicholas Hawksmoor ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Baroque ⓘ
associatedWithArchitect	Nicholas Hawksmoor ⓘ
builtAsPartOf	Commission for Building Fifty New Churches ⓘ
category	Hawksmoor church ⓘ
centuryOfConstruction	18th century ⓘ
churchmanship	Anglican ⓘ
city	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
completionDate	1729 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1714 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint George of Lydda ⓘ surface form: Saint George
denomination	Church of England ⓘ
diocese	Diocese of London ⓘ
exteriorStatusAfterWWII	survived substantially intact ⓘ
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
hasDenominationType	Anglican ⓘ
hasFunction	place of Christian worship ⓘ
hasMaterial	stone ⓘ
hasOrientation	liturgical east–west ⓘ
hasTower	central west tower ⓘ
hasTurrets	four corner turrets ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	20 July 1950 ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade I listed ⓘ
interiorStatusAfterWWII	largely destroyed ⓘ
isPartOf	Church of England ⓘ
listedBy	Historic England ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Anglican ⓘ
locatedIn	London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ surface form: Borough of Tower Hamlets London, England ⓘ surface form: London Wapping ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint George of Lydda ⓘ surface form: Saint George
notableFeature	distinctive Hawksmoor tower ⓘ dramatic Baroque massing ⓘ prominent corner turrets ⓘ
parish	St George-in-the-East self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Parish of St George-in-the-East
postwarUse	parish hall and worship space built within surviving shell ⓘ
region	East End of London ⓘ
sufferedEvent	severe bomb damage in the Second World War ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

English Baroque → notableWork → St George-in-the-East ⓘ

Nicholas Hawksmoor → notableWork → St George-in-the-East ⓘ

St George-in-the-East → parish → St George-in-the-East self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parish of St George-in-the-East