St Anne's Church, Kew, is a

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

Kew Kew () is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace. Kew is a ...

in the

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. The building, which dates from 1714, and is

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, forms the central focus of

Kew Green Kew Green is a large open space in Kew in west London. Owned by the Crown Estate, it is leased to the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is roughly triangular in shape, and its open grassland, framed with broadleaf trees, extends to abo ...

. The raised churchyard, which is on three sides of the church, has two Grade II* listed monuments – the tombs of the artists

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(d. 1816) and

Thomas Gainsborough Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of ...

(d. 1788). The French Impressionist painter

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(1830–1903), who stayed in 1892 at 10 Kew Green, portrayed St Anne's in his painting ''Church at Kew'' (1892).

Services

On Sundays the church holds three morning services – a Said

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in traditional language, Morning Prayer and a Sung Eucharist. An Evening Prayer is held.

Music

The church is used as a venue for concerts, including those of the local orchestra, Kew Sinfonia.

History

Originally built in 1714 on land given by Queen Anne, 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

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. In 1770, King

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undertook to pay for the first extension, designed by

Joshua Kirby Joshua Kirby (1716, Parham, Suffolk – 1774, Kew), often mistakenly called John Joshua Kirby, was an English 18th-century landscape painter, engraver, writer, draughtsman and architect famed for his publications and teaching on linear perspect ...

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, was added, along with a gallery for the royal family's own use. Under King

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it was further extended in 1837 by Sir

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. A

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was added in 1851 and an eastern extension, including a

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, in 1882/4. This was to the designs of

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. Further extensions occurred in 1902, 1979 and 1988. The interior of the roof was repainted in 2013. To mark the church's

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in 2014, a new

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was installed. The present parish hall, which is at

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to the church and incorporates the previous choir

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, was built in 1978. Its design echoes the materials and forms of the church building. A collection of

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s 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,

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, was hung in the church in 1821. It is now in the collection of the

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. Inside the church are fine memorials, including ones to the Hooker family. Just outside the church walls, on the south side, is the Kew

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, in the form of a large stone cross, commemorating the local people who fell in the

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and

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s. Their names are listed not on the memorial, but in the church.

Events

Baptisms

* Francis Perceval Eliot, soldier,

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and

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, 9 October 1755

Marriages

Francis, Duke of Teck , house = Teck , father = Duke Alexander of Württemberg , mother = Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde , birth_name = Count Francis von Hohenstein , birth_date = , birth_place = Esseg, Slavonia, Austrian Empir ...

married

Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Cambridge (27 November 1833 – 27 October 1897), later Duchess of Teck, was a member of the British royal family. She was one of the first royals to patronise a wide range of charities. Mary Ade ...

, 12 June 1866

Burials

William Aiton William Aiton (17312 February 1793) was a Scotland, Scottish botanist. Aiton was born near Hamilton, Scotland, Hamilton. Having been regularly trained to the profession of a gardener, he travelled to London in 1754, and became assistant to Phi ...

(d. 1793), first keeper of the

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Franz Bauer __NOTOC__ Franz Andreas Bauer (later Francis) (14 March 1758 – 11 December 1840) was an Austrian microscopist and botanical artist. Born in Feldsberg, Lower Austria (now Valtice, Czech Republic), he was the son of Lucas Bauer (died 1761), cou ...

(d. 1840), the Austrian

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and

botanical artist Botanical illustration is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species, frequently in watercolor paintings. They must be scientifically accurate but often also have an artistic component and may be printed with a botanical ...

, whose epitaph also pays tribute to his brother the botanical illustrator

Ferdinand Bauer Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (20 January 1760 – 17 March 1826) was an Austrian botanical illustrator who travelled on Matthew Flinders' expedition to Australia. Biography Early life and career Bauer was born in Feldsberg in 1760, the youngest son ...

(d. 1826): "In the delineation of plants he

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united the accuracy of a profound naturalist with the skill of the accomplished artist, to a degree which has been only equalled by his brother Ferdinand" * Professor

John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan (1917-1985) was a British botanist who became director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Brenan was born on 19 June 1917 in Chislehurst and died on 26 September 1985 at Kew. A funeral requiem was held on 3 Octo ...

(d. 1985), British botanist, and director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew *

George Engleheart George Engleheart (1750–1829) was one of the greatest England, English painters of portrait miniatures, and a contemporary of Richard Cosway, John Smart, William Wood, and Richard Crosse (painter), Richard Crosse. Family and home Engleheart ...

(d. 1829), painter of

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s to the Court of King George III *

(d. 1788), English portrait and landscape painter * Rev. Thomas Haverfield (d. 1866), chaplain to

Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, (27 January 1773 – 21 April 1843) was the sixth son and ninth child of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was the only surviving son of George III who did not ...

* Sir William Hooker (d. 1865), director of the

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, and his son, English botanist and explorer Sir Joseph Hooker (d. 1911) *

(d. 1774), 18th-century painter known for his work on

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(d. 1711),

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and former owner of

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; and members of his family, including his grandson, Rev Abraham Blackborne (d. 1797) and his wife Frances, and

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Levett Blackborne (d. 1781), who sold

to the Royal family *

Jeremiah Meyer Jeremiah Meyer (born ''Jeremias Majer''; 18 January 1735 – 20 January 1789) was an 18th-century English miniature painter. He was Painter in Miniatures to Queen Charlotte, Painter in Enamels to King George III and was one of the founder me ...

(d. 1789), English

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* John Smith (d. 1888), botanist and the first curator at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew *

(d. 1810), German neoclassical painter active in England

Formerly buried at St Anne's

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, (Adolphus Frederick; 24 February 1774 – 8 July 1850) was the tenth child and seventh son of the British king George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He held the title of Duke of Cambridge from 18 ...

and his wife

Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa; 25 July 1797 – 6 April 1889) was the wife of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the tenth-born child, and seventh son, of George III of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Meckle ...

were buried at the east end of the church in 1850 and 1889 respectively, but in 1930 their remains were exhumed and buried at

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Gallery

Church exterior

Image:St Anne Kew Green 4879crop.JPG, St Anne's Church in the snow File:St Anne's Churchyard, Kew Green in London.jpg, East end of the church. The small domed building is the

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and his wife

Church interior

File:St Anne's Church, Kew, interior.jpg, Interior of St Anne's

Tombs and memorials

File:Kew, St Anne's, George Engleheart memorial.jpg, Memorial to

, who is buried at the church File:Grave of Thomas Gainsborough, St Anne's Church, Kew.jpg, Tomb of

File:St Anne's, Kew, Hooker family grave.jpg, Hooker family grave File:Tomb of Johan Zoffany.jpg, Tomb of

File:War Memorial, Kew Green - London. (6776025499).jpg, War memorial on

References

External links

Official website
*
The Friends of St Anne's Church, Kew