Spire, Christ Church Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets, East London - considered one of Hawksmoor's masterpieces, this church dates from 1720

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Spire, Christ Church Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets, East London - considered one of Hawksmoor's masterpieces, this church dates from 1720. Christ Church Spitalfields is an Anglican church built between 1714 and 1729 to a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor. On Commercial Street in the East End and in today's Central London it is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, on its western border facing the City of London, it was one of the first of the so-called "Commissioners' Churches" built for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches, which had been established by an act of parliament in 1711.

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Size: 2848px × 4288px
Location: London's East End, London, UK
Photo credit: © Grazyna Bonati / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1720, 18thcentury, anglican, christ, christianity, church, east, england, europe, hamlets, hawksmoor, london, religion, spire, spitalfields, tower