St Anne's Church, Soho

St Anne's Church, Soho
The tower and west end of St Anne's Church.
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LocationSoho, London
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
History
DedicationSaint Anne
Dedicated1686
Architecture
Architect(s)William Talman and/or Christopher Wren
Years built1677–1686
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseLondon
ArchdeaconryCharing Cross
DeaneryWestminster St Margaret
ParishSt Anne with St Thomas and St Peter, Soho
Sketch of St Anne's Church, Soho by James Abbott McNeill Whistler

St Anne's Church serves in the Church of England the Soho section of London. It was consecrated on 21 March 1686 by Bishop Henry Compton as the parish church of the new civil and ecclesiastical parish of St Anne Within the Liberty of Westminster, created from part of the parish of St Martin in the Fields. The church is under the Deanery of Westminster (St Margaret) in the Diocese of London.

Parts of its churchyard around its west including tower are now the public park of St Anne's Gardens, accessed from the Shaftesbury Avenue end of Wardour Street. The church is accessed via a gate at that end of Dean Street.

The parish, having spawned two new churches dedicated to Saints Thomas and Peter, reconsolidated on St Anne's in 1945.


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