Historic churches · London
Temple Church, London
Temple Church, London — 12th-century church in London built for and by the Knights Templar.
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Temple Church, London is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1185. Built in the Romanesque architecture style. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Named after Knights Templar. Wikidata describes it as: "12th-century church in London built for and by the Knights Templar". Coordinates: 51.5132°, -0.1104°.
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The Temple Church, a royal peculiar in the Church of England, is a church in the Inner and Middle Temples located between Fleet Street and the River Thames in London, England. It was built by the Knights Templar for their English headquarters in the Temple precinct and consecrated on 10 February 1185 by Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem. During the reign of King John (1199–1216) it served as the royal treasury, supported by the role of the Knights Templar as proto-international bankers. It is now jointly owned by the Inner Temple and Middle Temple Inns of Court, bases of the English legal profession. It is famous for being a round church, a common design feature for Knights Templar churches, and for its 13th- and 14th-century stone effigies. It was heavily damaged by German bombing during World War II and has since been greatly restored and rebuilt. The area around the Temple Church is still known as the Temple. Temple Bar, a jurisdictional gateway, stood in the middle of Fleet Street in the Temple area. Nearby is Temple Underground station.
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- Coordinates
- 51.5132, -0.1104
- District
- City of London
- Parish
- City of London, unparished area
- Postcode
- EC4Y 7BD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Established
- 1185
- Official site
- www.templechurch.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q1429312 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Temple Church (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Temple Church, Temple, London EC4.jpeg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Temple Church, London?
- Temple Church, London is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5132°, -0.1104°.
- When was Temple Church, London built?
- Temple Church, London dates to 1185 — the Norman & medieval period.
- Is Temple Church, London a listed building?
- Temple Church, London carries the heritage designation "Grade I listed building" — a protective status under UK heritage law.