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Places of religious significance. Worth a visit for the architecture, the art or the history.
Hawksmoor's Limehouse church, whose tower was a landmark for ships and still is from the river.
ChristianityHawksmoor
Built between 1712 and 1730 by Nicholas Hawksmoor, in white ashlar on a high plinth with rusticated corners. Two short towers at the east end carry three oblong lancets each; there are square crypt windows below and seven round-arched windows above; and flights of steps climb to the north, south and west doors, which is Hawksmoor raising his church above the street the way he did at Shadwell and Spitalfields.
The western lantern tower is what the building is known for. It dominates its own streets and is a landmark from the Thames, which was the point - this was a parish of mariners and the church was built to be seen from the water.
Historic England's whole verdict on the interior is two words: fine interior. It is grouped on the register with its churchyard walls, railings, gates and war memorial, and with Limehouse Town Hall and the old rectory garden wall next door.
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