St Augustine's Tower stands in St Johns' Church Gardens, in Hackney Central, in the London Borough of Hackney, just off the southern end of the Narrow Way (formerly Church Street). It is all that remains of the early 16th century parish church of Hackney of St Augustine, which replaced the 13th century medieval church founded by the Knights Templar. The tower consists of four stages beneath a restored parapet with diagonal buttressing.

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  • St Augustine's Tower stands in St Johns' Church Gardens, in Hackney Central, in the London Borough of Hackney, just off the southern end of the Narrow Way (formerly Church Street). It is all that remains of the early 16th century parish church of Hackney of St Augustine, which replaced the 13th century medieval church founded by the Knights Templar. The tower consists of four stages beneath a restored parapet with diagonal buttressing. A fine working 16th century turret clock has been on the third floor of the tower since at least 1608. The Tower and contents are Grade I listed.
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  • The tower, the only part of the original church remaining and Hackney's oldest building.
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  • 1275 (first mentioned)
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  • St. Augustine's Tower Hackney
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  • St Augustine's Tower stands in St Johns' Church Gardens, in Hackney Central, in the London Borough of Hackney, just off the southern end of the Narrow Way (formerly Church Street). It is all that remains of the early 16th century parish church of Hackney of St Augustine, which replaced the 13th century medieval church founded by the Knights Templar. The tower consists of four stages beneath a restored parapet with diagonal buttressing.
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  • St Augustine's Tower Hackney
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