Roman Catholic Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Church.
Roman Catholic Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia
- WRENN ID
- worn-attic-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Roman Catholic Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia, Kingsway
- OS grid reference
- TQ 305 814
- Coordinates
- 51.51671, -0.11929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roman Catholic Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia is a church built around 1909 by F.A. Walters, with a south aisle added around 1953 by S.C. Kerr Bate, during which the facade was also rebuilt. The entrance facade is made of Portland stone with block quoins, while the left return is constructed from brick with stone dressings. The nave consists of four bays and includes a south aisle, while the sanctuary features two bays with narrow aisles. The main front is symmetrical, featuring an entrance portico with a tetrastyle Ionic order and a central arched doorway topped with a cartouche over a square-headed door. The upper storey has broad pilasters flanking a Venetian window, and a segmental pediment is adorned with scrolls. To the right, there is a separate entrance extension to the south aisle, which includes an arched doorway and a window above. At the east end, there is a bell turret topped with a lead cupola. Inside, the church is plastered with stone dressings and features a timber tunnel-vault. A carved gallery is located at the west end.
Local climate
Roman Catholic Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia 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 95% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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