Interior of St Anne's Church, Wandsworth
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Interior of St Anne's Church, Wandsworth
Image: © Marathon Taken: 24 Feb 2021
St Anne's Church was completed on 29th July 1822 as one of the Commissioners' Waterloo churches. They were called Waterloo churches because they were looked upon as national monuments built in thanksgiving for the victory over Napoleon at Waterloo. St Anne's was the fifth Waterloo church. It was designed by Robert Smirke who was also the architect of the British Museum. It was built on high ground above the Wandle Valley on the (then) edge of the suburbs. A whole series of alterations were completed in the 1890s. A flying bomb in 1944 blew out almost all of the windows and left the tower and nave unsafe. In 1950, a fire again devastated the church and completely destroyed the roof. During the 1990s a second substantial programme of work was carried out leaving the church as it is seen here. This view looks towards the chancel from the west end of the nave. The website for the church can be seen at http://stanneswandsworth.org.uk/
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51.455009
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-0.187357