Temple Church (St Mary's) is a Grade I listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1950. A C12 Church. 3 related planning applications.
Temple Church (St Mary's)
- WRENN ID
- gentle-stone-plum
- 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
- Temple Church (St Mary's), Inner Temple Lane Ec4, City and County of the City of London, EC4Y 7HL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 312 810
- Coordinates
- 51.51325, -0.11015
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Temple Church (St Mary's) is a Grade I listed building located on Inner Temple Lane, consecrated in 1185. It features a circular, aisled nave with a clerestory and a west porch. The aisled chancel, which has no clerestory, includes a south porch and a north extension, consecrated in 1240. The church has undergone significant restoration and rebuilding, particularly after World War II, and is now largely faced with ashlar and has a lead roof. Inside, there are notable medieval and later monuments, as well as a late 17th century reredos made of carved wood.
Local climate
Temple Church (St Mary's) 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 — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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