THE GREAT GALLERY

ROOM 52

"THE CATHEDRAL OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS"

"St. Anne, Alderney"

St. Anne is the main town on the Channel Island of Alderney and sometimes described as the capital. It takes up a large part of the island.

St. Anne is also the name of the one and only parish on the island (Church of England)and the ancient Parish Church dedicated to the Virgin Mary was sited at the lower end of the High Street but fell into ruins and was replaced in the late 1580s by a chapel of St. Anne. In 1851 the old chapel was demolished, but the clock tower was retained.
The parish church of St. Anne was built in 1850 (architect: Sir Gilbert Scott), a gift of the Revd. John Le Mesurier, son of the last hereditary Governor, in accordance with the wishes of his father.

Chris., GU3TUX/RSARS 3194 tells us that he took the photograph of the gate on the driveway to his Anglican Church on Good Friday, 21st March 2008. This island has a long standing connection with Royal Signals and is visited by detachments from the Corps and other regiments who carry out 'pro bono' work for a couple of weeks in the Summer. Erecting these gates was one such activity following the 30-year long association between the 30th Signals and the island and the regiment being granted the freedom of St. Anne's in 1989.

The building St. Anne has its own website at: http://www.alderney.gov.gg/index.php/pid/81 and and the full detail of the gates is revealed at the foot of that website page.

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