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St Anne's Church, Kew

St Anne's Church, Kew

Church in England

St Anne's Church, Kew, is a parish church in Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The building, which dates from 1714, and is Grade II* listed,[2] forms the central focus of Kew Green. The raised churchyard, which is on three sides of the church,[3] has two Grade II* listed monuments – the tombs of the artists Johan Zoffany (d. 1816)[4] and Thomas Gainsborough (d. 1788).[5] The French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), who stayed in 1892 at 10 Kew Green,[6] portrayed St Anne's in his painting Church at Kew (1892).[7]

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Services

On Sundays the church holds a Said Eucharist in traditional language, a Sung Eucharist and (on the first Sunday of the month) Choral Evensong.[8]

Music

The church is used as a venue for concerts,[9] including those of the local orchestra, Kew Sinfonia.[10]

History

Originally built in 1714 on land given by Queen Anne,[3] as a church within the parish of Kingston, St Anne's Church has been extended several times since, as the settlement of Kew grew with royal patronage. In 1770, King George III undertook to pay for the first extension, designed by Joshua Kirby[3] who, four years later, was buried in the churchyard. The church became a parish church in its own right in 1788. In 1805, a new south aisle, designed by Robert Browne,[11] was added, along with a gallery for the royal family's own use. Under King William IV it was further extended in 1837 by Sir Jeffry Wyattville.[11] A mausoleum designed by the architect Benjamin Ferrey[11] was added in 1851 and an eastern extension, including a dome, in 1882/4. This was to the designs of Henry Stock.[12] Further extensions occurred in 1902, 1979 and 1988.[1] The interior of the roof was repainted in 2013. To mark the church's tercentenary in 2014, a new baptismal font was installed.[13]

The present parish hall, which is at right angles to the church and incorporates the previous choir vestry, was built in 1978. Its design echoes the materials and forms of the church building.[3]

A collection of funerary hatchments honouring deceased royal or noble parishioners is on display in front of the church's gallery, flanking a rare representation of Queen Anne's coat of arms. A hatchment commemorating George III's son, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, was hung in the church in 1821. It is now in the collection of the Museum of Richmond.[14] Inside the church are fine memorials, including ones to the Hooker family.[15]

Just outside the church walls, on the south side, is the Kew war memorial, in the form of a large stone cross, commemorating the local people who fell in the First and Second World Wars.[16] Their names are listed not on the memorial, but inside the church in a monument by William Sharpington.[17][16]

Events

Baptisms

Marriages

Burials

Formerly buried at St Anne's

Church exterior

Church interior

  • Interior of St Anne's

Tombs and memorials

See also

References

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