Arms of Queen Anne

St Anne's Church, Kew is a parish church located in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, adjacent to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

The neo-classical building historically in Surrey, which dates from 1714 and is Grade II* listed,[2] forms the central focus of Kew Green.

Its raised churchyard, which is on three sides of St Anne's Church,[3] has two Grade II* listed monuments – the tombs of the artists Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)[4] and Johan Zoffany (1733–1810).[5] French Impressionist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), a frequent visitor to England was resident at 10 Kew Green[6] when painting St Anne's as Church at Kew (1892).[7]

Services

On Sundays St Anne's Church holds a traditional Said Eucharist, a Sung Eucharist and (on the first Sunday of the month) Choral Evensong.[8]

Music

St Anne's Church houses a 19th-century pipe organ[9] and is a venue for concerts,[10] including those of the local orchestra, Kew Sinfonia.[11]

History

Founded in 1714 as a chapel within the parish of Kingston on ancient royal manorial land dedicated by Queen Anne,[3] St Anne's Church has been extended several times since. As the settlement of Kew grew attracting prosperous London merchants under royal patronage, St Anne's became a benefice in 1769 being united with St Peter's Petersham and in 1770, King George III undertook to pay for its first extension, designed by Joshua Kirby[3] who, four years later, was buried in the churchyard.[12] In 1805, a new south aisle, designed by Robert Browne,[13] was added, along with a gallery for the Royal Family's use. Under King William IV it was further extended in 1837 by Sir Jeffry Wyattville.[13] A parish in its own right from 1850, a mausoleum designed by the architect Benjamin Ferrey[13] was added in 1851, and an eastern extension, including a dome in 1882–84, to the design of Henry Stock.[14] Further extensions were made in 1902, 1979 and 1988.[1] The church ceiling was repainted in 2013 and, to mark St Anne's tercentenary, in 2014 a new baptismal font was installed.[15]

St Anne's present parish hall, at right angles to the church incorporating the previous choir vestry, was built in 1978. Its design echoes the materials and forms of the original church building.[3]

A collection of funerary hatchments honouring deceased royal or noble parishioners is on display in front of the church gallery, flanking a rare representation of Queen Anne's coat of arms. A hatchment commemorating George III's son, King Ernest Augustus of Hanover, was hung at St Anne's in 1851 and is now in the Museum of Richmond's collection.[16] Inside the church are fine memorials, including those to the families of Sir William Jackson Hooker[17] and Sir Richard Levett, beneath the tower which is inscribed: "Within this vault lie the remains of Sir Richard Levett, Knight, of Kew. Also of Lady Mary Levett, his wife, who died October 15th, 1722".[18]

Just outside the church walls on its south side, is the Kew War Memorial, in the form of a large stone cross, commemorating the local soldiers who fell in the First and Second World Wars.[19] Their names are listed not on the memorial but inside the church on a monument by William Sharpington.[20][19]

Parish events

Baptisms

Marriages

Burials

Formerly buried at St Anne's

Notable clergy and officers

Since 2022, Canon Giles Fraser serves as Vicar of St Anne's, Kew,[37][38] where Anthony Saxton (1934–2015) was formerly churchwarden.

Church exterior

Church interior

Tombs and gravestones

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Historic England (10 January 1950). "Parish Church of St Anne (1194022)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "The History <of St Anne's Church, Kew". St Anne's Church, Kew. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  4. ^ Historic England (10 January 1950). "Churchyard of Church of St Anne, to South of Church (1065407)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b Historic England (25 June 1983). "Churchyard of Church of St Anne, to East of Church (1357735)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  6. ^ Richardson, David. "Pissarro's home on Kew Green". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Church at Kew". Camille Pissarro. WikiArt. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Worship". St Anne's Church, Kew. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  9. ^ www.npor.org.uk
  10. ^ "Concerts and Events at St. Anne's". St Anne's Church, Kew. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Kew Sinfonia". Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  12. ^ www.surreygraveyards.org.uk
  13. ^ a b c Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 503. ISBN 0-14-0710-47-7.
  14. ^ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). London 2: South. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. p. 503. ISBN 978-0-300-09651-4.
  15. ^ "The Font". St Anne's Church, Kew. March 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Hatchment from St Anne's Church, Kew, 1821". Highlights of the Collection. Museum of Richmond. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Kew Church Monuments". The Second Website of Bob Speel. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  18. ^ Memoriae Flagranti, A Funeral Poem to the Memory of the Honourable Sir Richard Levett, Kt., by E. Settle, City Poet, 1711, Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, John Nichols, Nichols Son & Bentley, London, 1814
  19. ^ a b Mollett, Marian (2015). "Remembering the Men of Kew" (PDF). Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society. 36: 10–23. ISSN 0263-0958. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  20. ^ Craven, Stephen (29 November 2012). "War Memorial on Kew Green". Geograph Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  21. ^ www.burkespeerage.com
  22. ^ Weir, Alison (1996). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (revised edition). Pimlico, London: Random House. ISBN 978-071267448-5.
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  24. ^ Pagnamenta, Frank. "Royal Gardeners at Kew – The Aitons". Richmond Local History Society.
  25. ^ "Aiton, William (1731–1793), horticulturist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/260. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  26. ^ "Aiton, William Townsend (1766–1849), horticulturist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/262. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  27. ^ "Aiton, William (1731–1793), horticulturist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/260. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  28. ^ Verdcourt, Bernard (1987). "John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan". Kew Bulletin. 42 (2): 286–29. JSTOR 4109685.
  29. ^ www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk
  30. ^ www.rct.uk
  31. ^ www.royalacademy.org.uk
  32. ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Vol. II, Hamilton, Adams, and Co., London, 1876, p. 13.
  33. ^ 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.
  34. ^ "Biography of Sir Richard Levett (1629−1711), and his family". Manuscripts and Special Collections. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  35. ^ www.kew.org
  36. ^ Knowles, Rachel (8 April 2013). "Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge". Regency History. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  37. ^ www.gov.uk
  38. ^ www.richmondandbarnesdeanery.org

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