St Anne, Limehouse
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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.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T413013 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St Anne, Limehouse Context triple: [Nicholas Hawksmoor, notableWork, St Anne, Limehouse]
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St Saviour, Southwark
St Saviour, Southwark was a historic parish and church area on the south bank of the River Thames in London, now largely encompassed by Southwark Cathedral and its surrounding district.
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Christ Church, Spitalfields
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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C.
St James's
St James's is an affluent historic district in central London known for its royal palaces, gentlemen’s clubs, luxury shops, and close association with the British monarchy.
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D.
Temple Church
Temple Church is a historic 12th-century church in London, originally built by the Knights Templar and renowned for its distinctive round nave and medieval effigies.
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E.
St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London
St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London is a historic medieval Anglican church in the City of London, noted for its surviving pre-Great Fire architecture and strong association with the diarist Samuel Pepys.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St Anne, Limehouse Target entity description: 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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A.
St Saviour, Southwark
St Saviour, Southwark was a historic parish and church area on the south bank of the River Thames in London, now largely encompassed by Southwark Cathedral and its surrounding district.
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B.
Christ Church, Spitalfields
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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C.
St James's
St James's is an affluent historic district in central London known for its royal palaces, gentlemen’s clubs, luxury shops, and close association with the British monarchy.
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D.
Temple Church
Temple Church is a historic 12th-century church in London, originally built by the Knights Templar and renowned for its distinctive round nave and medieval effigies.
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E.
St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London
St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London is a historic medieval Anglican church in the City of London, noted for its surviving pre-Great Fire architecture and strong association with the diarist Samuel Pepys.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican church
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Church of England parish church ⓘ Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| architect | Nicholas Hawksmoor ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Baroque architecture in England
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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
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surface form:
Anglo-Catholic
|
| hasFeature |
dramatic steeple
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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
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idiosyncratic Hawksmoor design ⓘ |
| oversees | parish ministry in Limehouse area ⓘ |
| parish |
St Anne, Limehouse
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Parish of St Anne with Holy Trinity, Limehouse
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| partOf |
Christ Church, Spitalfields
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surface form:
Hawksmoor churches in London
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| surroundedBy | urban streets of Limehouse ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Anglican liturgy
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Christian worship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: St Anne, Limehouse Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Parish of St Anne with Holy Trinity, Limehouse
this entity surface form:
St Anne’s Limehouse
this entity surface form:
St Anne Limehouse
this entity surface form:
St Anne’s Church, Limehouse
this entity surface form:
St Anne’s Church, Limehouse
this entity surface form:
Church of St Anne, Limehouse
this entity surface form:
Parish of St Anne, Limehouse
this entity surface form:
Church of St Anne, Limehouse
this entity surface form:
St Anne Limehouse
this entity surface form:
St Anne’s, Soho (repairs)