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communities in London. The reconstructed interior is a mixture of replicas of the prewar fittings and original or copied fittings from other London churches, some of which had also been destroyed in the war but were not reconstructed. The congregation of St Anne's Lutheran Church left the church in
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The first mention of a church on the present site is in documents of 1137 which refer to 'St Agnes near Alderychgate' and the 'priest of St Anne's' which was situated near Aldredesgate'. There was confusion over the name since the church was described variously in
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with its existing Anglican congregation. The building, now called the VOCES8 Centre, has become the home of the VOCES8 Foundation, an educational charity incorporating the vocal ensemble
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The church was gutted by a fire in 1548 but was rebuilt soon after. Further work was done in 1624. However, the building's 14th century tower was its only section to survive the
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and as St Agnes. Its unusual double dedication, unique in the City, seems to have been acquired some time in the 15th century.
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during the night of 29–30 December 1940. It was rededicated in 1966, largely through donations by the worldwide
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by Act of Parliament in 1670 as St John's was not rebuilt after the Great Fire.
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foundation, from 1966 to 2013 it was let to a congregation of the
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in the 18th and 19th centuries, but was largely destroyed by
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The Church of St Anne and St Agnes, Gresham Street, EC2, 1941
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51°30′59″N 0°5′47″W / 51.51639°N 0.09639°W / 51.51639; -0.09639

EC2
Denomination
Anglican
Lutheran
Roman Catholic
listed building
Architect(s)
Christopher Wren
Style
Baroque
City of London
Barbican
Anglican
Lutheran Church in Great Britain

Dennis Flanders
Norman
Great Fire of London
Christopher Wren
Robert Hooke
Greek cross
Nieuwe Kerk
Haarlem
Netherlands
St Martin Ludgate
St Mary-at-Hill
St John Zachary
restored

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