Church of St Anne is a Grade I listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. A 1712-30 Church.
Church of St Anne
- WRENN ID
- sheer-quoin-sorrel
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1950
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Anne, Limehouse Parish Church, Commercial Road, E14
- OS grid reference
- TQ 367 810
- Coordinates
- 51.51168, -0.03029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Anne, located on Commercial Road in Limehouse, was built between 1712 and 1730 and designed by architect Nicholas Hawksmoor. It is constructed of white ashlar stone and stands on a high plinth with rusticated corners. The church features an eaves cornice and two short eastern towers, each with three oblong lancets. There is a blocking course and square windows for the crypt, while seven round-arched windows are positioned above. Access to the church is via flights of steps leading to the northern, southern, and western doors. The western lantern tower is a prominent feature in the local landscape and can be seen from the River Thames. The interior of the church is noted for its fine design. The church is part of a group that includes the garden wall to the former St Anne's Rectory, Limehouse Town Hall, the churchyard walls, railings, gates, gate piers, and a war memorial, as well as several nearby properties on Newell Street and the Limehouse Church Institute on Three Colt Street.
Local climate
Church of St Anne sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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