The City Temple is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1977. Temple. 10 related planning applications.
The City Temple
- WRENN ID
- high-wall-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1977
- Type
- Temple
- Address
- The City Temple, Holborn Viaduct Ec1, City and County of the City of London, EC1A 2DE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 315 815
- Coordinates
- 51.5172, -0.10603
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The City Temple, located on Holborn Viaduct, was built in 1873 by H. F. Lockwood. Most of the building, except for the north front and south-west corner, was rebuilt by Seely and Paget after sustaining war damage. It is constructed from honey-coloured stone. The north front features a central two-storey Palladian portico with a Corinthian order above a Tuscan order, and a pedimented entablature with a sculptured tympanum. The flanking bays have a channelled ground floor with vermiculated voussoirs above round-headed windows, while the first floor features aedicular windows topped with a cornice. The right-hand bay includes a tall two-stage tower; the lower stage has a Corinthian order with square corner columns and half columns beside round-headed windows, and the entablature has a frieze carved with wreaths and swags. The upper stage has diagonally projecting coupled Composite columns flanking round-headed windows and supports an octagonal drum topped with a copper cupola and gilded cross. The building also includes No. 49 Shoe Lane.
Local climate
The City Temple 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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