Former Chapel to St Martin in the Fields Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Chapel.
Former Chapel to St Martin in the Fields Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- shifting-sandstone-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Former Chapel to St Martin in the Fields Almshouses, Bayham Street, NW1 0BD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 290 837
- Coordinates
- 51.53831, -0.13994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former chapel to St Martin-in-the-Fields Almshouses, built between 1880 and 1881 by H Jacques, is located centrally at the rear of the houses on Bayham Street in Camden. Constructed from yellow stock brick with red brick and stone dressings, it features a slated hipped roof adorned with decorative red ridge tiles. The building is single-storey with three bays and a hexagonal sanctuary, which includes a projecting side chapel on the north side. Designed in the Gothic style, it has lancet windows with trefoil heads.
Inside, the chapel has been converted into a house, with a floored-over gallery. The pointed chancel arch and three pointed windows at the east end display red and white striped banding. The interior also features an open timber roof and some encaustic floor tiles at the east end. Historically, Jacques was responsible for improvements to the almshouses that included an infirmary and a matron's residence. The former chapel is part of a group with the St Martin-in-the-Fields Almshouses.
Local climate
Former Chapel to St Martin in the Fields Almshouses 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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