St Anne's Church, Kew

St Anne's Church, Kew
The Parish Church of St Anne, Kew Green
51°29′02″N 0°17′16″W / 51.4838°N 0.2879°W / 51.4838; -0.2879Coordinates: 51°29′02″N 0°17′16″W / 51.4838°N 0.2879°W / 51.4838; -0.2879
Location Kew Green, Kew, Richmond TW9 3AA
Country England, United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Website www.saintanne-kew.org.uk
History
Founded 1714
Founder(s) Queen Anne
Dedication 12 May 1714[1]
Architecture
Years built 1714
Administration
Parish St Anne, Kew
Deanery Richmond & Barnes
Archdeaconry Wandsworth
Episcopal area Kingston
Diocese Southwark
Clergy
Bishop(s) Christopher Chessun
Vicar(s) Nigel Worn[2]
Dean Tim Marwood
Laity
Organist/Director of music Chad Kelly
Churchwarden(s) Telfer Saywell
Tina Ruygrok
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated 10 January 1950
Reference no. 1194022

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][3] forms the central focus of Kew Green. The raised churchyard, which is on three sides of the church,[4] has two Grade II* listed monuments – the tombs of the artists Johan Zoffany (d. 1816)[5] and Thomas Gainsborough (d. 1788).[6] The French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), who stayed in 1892 at 10 Kew Green,[7] portrayed St Anne's in his painting Church at Kew (1892).[8]

Services

On Sundays the church usually holds three morning services  – a Said Eucharist in traditional language, Morning Prayer and a Sung Eucharist. An Evening Prayer is also held.[9]

Communications

St Anne's Church produces a quarterly newsletter, Collect.[10]

History

St Anne's Church in the snow
St Anne's Church and the Kew war memorial in the spring
The church's old baptismal font with the altar in the background. The font was replaced in 2014
Tomb of Johan Zoffany
East end of the church. The small domed building is the cenotaph of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel

Originally built in 1714 on land given by Queen Anne,[4] 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[4] 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 in 1882. 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, the baptismal font was replaced.[12]

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.[4]

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 I of Hanover, was hung in the church in 1821. It is now in the collection of the Museum of Richmond.[13]

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.[14] Their names are listed not on the memorial, but in the church.[15]

Events

Baptisms

Marriages

Burials

Formerly buried at St Anne's

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Cummings, Rosie (August 2007). "St Anne's Church. Kew Green, Kew. London Borough of Richmond: an archaeological watching brief" (PDF). Compass Archaeology. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 Fleming, Christine (8 December 2010). "£25k makeover of St Anne's Church, Kew, complete". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Parish Church of St Anne (1194022)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "The History of St Anne's Church, Kew". St Anne's Church, Kew. 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  5. 1 2 Historic England. "Churchyard of Church of St Anne, to East of Church (1357735)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Churchyard of Church of St Anne, to South of Church (1065407)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Richardson, David. "Pissarro's home on Kew Green". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Church at Kew". Camille Pissarro. WikiArt. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Services at St. Anne's church, Kew". Services. St Anne's Church, Kew. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Parish magazine: Collect – The Newsletter of St Anne's Church, Kew". St Anne's Church, Kew. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 Cherry, Bridget and Pevsner, Nikolaus (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 503. ISBN 0-14-0710-47-7.
  12. ↑ "St Anne's Church, Kew". The New Font at St. Anne’s. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "Hatchment from St Anne's Church, Kew, 1821". Highlights of the Collection. Museum of Richmond. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  14. ↑ Mollett, Marian (2015). "Remembering the Men of Kew". Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society. 36: 10–23. ISSN 0263-0958.
  15. ↑ Craven, Stephen (29 November 2012). "War Memorial on Kew Green". Geograph Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  16. ↑ Weir, Alison (1996). Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (revised edition). Pimlico, London: Random House. ISBN 978-071267448-5.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "St Anne's Church, Kew Green" (PDF). Local History Notes from Richmond Libraries’ Local Studies Collection. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  18. ↑ Nisinger, Connie (31 October 2001). "George Engleheart". Find a Grave. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  19. ↑ "Thomas Gainsborough". Find a Grave. 3 September 2000. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  20. ↑ Nisinger, Connie (31 October 2001). "Thomas Haverfield". Find a Grave. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  21. ↑ Geer, Samuel Taylor (10 August 2011). "John Joshua Kirby". Find a Grave. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  22. ↑ Howard, Joseph Jackson. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Vol. II, Hamilton, Adams, and Co., London, 1876, p. 13.
  23. ↑ Lysons, Daniel (1796). "Appendix: Corrections to volume 1, Burials in the Kew Church". The Environs of London: Counties of Herts, Essex & Kent. London: Institute of Historical Research. p. 459. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  24. ↑ "Biography of Sir Richard Levett (−1711), and his family". Manuscripts and Special Collections. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  25. ↑ Knowles, Rachel (8 April 2013). "Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge". Regency History. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
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