Chapels · London
St John's Chapel, Tower of London
St John's Chapel, Tower of London — chapel inside the White Tower at the Tower of London.
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St John's Chapel, Tower of London is a chapel in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1001. Built in the Romanesque architecture style. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Named after John the Evangelist. Part of White Tower. Wikidata describes it as: "chapel inside the White Tower at the Tower of London". Coordinates: 51.5080°, -0.0758°.
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The Chapel of St John the Evangelist (St John's Chapel) is an 11th-century Christian chapel of Norman architecture, in the White Tower of the Tower of London. Built in 1080, St John's is the oldest surviving complete chapel from the early Norman period, and functions today as a chapel royal. It is overseen by the Canon of the nearby castle Church of St Peter ad Vincula, who is the chaplain of the Tower.
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- Coordinates
- 51.5080, -0.0758
- District
- Tower Hamlets
- Parish
- Tower Hamlets, unparished area
- Postcode
- EC3N 4AB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse
- Established
- 1001
- Official site
- www.hrp.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q2403338 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St John's Chapel, London (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Tower chapel 8114172.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St John's Chapel, Tower of London?
- St John's Chapel, Tower of London is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5080°, -0.0758°.
- When was St John's Chapel, Tower of London built?
- St John's Chapel, Tower of London dates to 1001 — the Anglo-Saxon period.
- Is St John's Chapel, Tower of London a listed building?
- St John's Chapel, Tower of London carries the heritage designation "Grade I listed building" — a protective status under UK heritage law.