St George-in-the-East

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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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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
linked to: London, England
completionDate 1729
constructionStartDate 1714
country United Kingdom
dedicatedTo 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 buildings
linked to: Nicholas Hawksmoor
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 Borough of Tower Hamlets
London
linked to: London, England

Wapping
namedAfter Saint George
notableFeature distinctive Hawksmoor tower
dramatic Baroque massing
prominent corner turrets
parish 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

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Nicholas Hawksmoor notableWork St George-in-the-East
St George-in-the-East parish Parish of St George-in-the-East
linked to: St George-in-the-East
English Baroque notableWork St George-in-the-East
Commission for Building Fifty New Churches notableWork St George in the East
linked to: St George-in-the-East
Hawksmoor church hasExample St George in the East
linked to: St George-in-the-East
Wapping hasLandmark St George in the East
linked to: St George-in-the-East