Swiss Protestant Church is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. Church. 4 related planning applications.
Swiss Protestant Church
- WRENN ID
- sheer-stair-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1973
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Swiss Protestant Church, 79, Endell Street, WC2H 9DY
- OS grid reference
- TQ 301 812
- Coordinates
- 51.51534, -0.12622
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swiss Protestant Church, built between 1853 and 1854 by George Vulliamy, is a notable example of 19th-century architecture. The church features a rusticated stucco exterior with a two-storey symmetrical facade consisting of three bays. The central entrance bay slightly projects forward and is adorned with Ionic pilasters and engaged columns, which have seraphim capitals. These elements rise through both storeys and support an entablature with a modillion cornice and a parapet. The parapet is decorated with a central pediment that displays a book emitting rays, topped with a ball at the apex, and matching balls at the corners of the building. The parapet is inscribed with "A D EGLISE-SUISSE 1854."
The entrance includes a central architraved doorway, which features a console-bracketed dentil cornice and double fielded panelled doors. Above the doors is a continuous frieze with a Vitruvian scroll design, along with a Diocletian window that has a console keystone and a seraphim. The flanking bays contain square-headed windows on the first floor and round-arched windows on the ground floor.
Although the interior was not inspected, it is noted to be of Classical style, featuring a first-floor gallery at the east end and an apsed western sanctuary, with a vaulted roof supported by brackets.
Local climate
Swiss Protestant 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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