Church of St Vedast is a Grade I listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1950. Church.
Church of St Vedast
- WRENN ID
- tall-pediment-quill
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 January 1950
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Vedast, Foster Lane Ec2, City and County of the City of London
- OS grid reference
- TQ 322 812
- Coordinates
- 51.51492, -0.09614
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Vedast, located on Foster Lane in London, was built between 1670 and 1673 by Sir Christopher Wren, with the tower added in 1697. The church has a rectangular shape, featuring a south aisle and clerestory, and an integral south-west tower. The plain west front is made of Portland stone and includes a central doorway, two arched windows above, and a central opening with mullions and transoms. The roof has a parapet that is echoed on the south side, where the main walls are constructed of rubble or red brick. The east elevation is rendered and features three arched windows along with a circular opening in the central attic. The tower, also made of Portland stone, includes arched and circular openings and boasts a particularly fine stone steeple. Inside, the church has a coved ceiling, a west gallery, and a south arcade that is now partly obscured by new fittings. The pulpit, font, and cover appear to date from the late 17th century. The interior was burnt during World War II and has been rebuilt in near facsimile.
Local climate
Church of St Vedast 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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