Footings of Destroyed Cloister and Chapter House is a Grade II* listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. A C14 Historic ruins.

Footings of Destroyed Cloister and Chapter House

WRENN ID
lapsed-spandrel-yew
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1972
Type
Historic ruins
Address
Footings of Destroyed Cloister and Chapter House, St Paul's Churchyard Ec4, City and County of the City of London
OS grid reference
TQ 320 811
Coordinates
51.51345, -0.09889
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The footings of a destroyed cloister and chapter house date back to the 14th century. They are located on the south side of the current cathedral nave and represent the octagonal chapter house that was once part of the cloister court. The remains are fragmentary.

Local climate

Footings of Destroyed Cloister and Chapter House 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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