Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Church.
Christ Church
- WRENN ID
- silent-chapel-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Christ Church, Hampstead Square, NW3 1JH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 264 860
- Coordinates
- 51.55949, -0.1769
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Christ Church is a church built between 1850 and 1852 by Samuel Dawkes, with a north porch and projecting aisle added by Ewan Christian between 1881 and 1882. It is constructed of Kentish ragstone coursed rubble with Portland stone dressings and has slated roofs, designed in the Early English style. The church features a 5-bay nave, aisles, and sanctuary, with a northern facade that has a 4-bay projection. There is a western tower topped with a spire. The east end includes a 4-light pointed traceried window with a quatrefoil above in the sanctuary, and a similar 2-light window arrangement in the aisles. The other facades also have similar windows. The tower is angle buttressed and has two 2-light windows on each facade, a parapet with finials at the corners, and a spire that includes lucarnes.
The interior was not inspected, but it originally had a good timber gallery added in 1860 by Sir Gilbert Scott, which was dismantled during the 1960s. The church was built to accommodate the growing population of Hampstead, which had outgrown St John's in Church Row, leading to the subdivision of the parish.
Local climate
Christ Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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