United Reformed Church is a Grade II* listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1974. A Victorian Church. 1 related planning application.
United Reformed Church
- WRENN ID
- last-niche-dale
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP: Ms Diane Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1974
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- United Reformed Church, Lower Clapton Road E5, E5 0RN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 351 855
- Coordinates
- 51.55228, -0.05193
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The United Reformed Church, located on Lower Clapton Road, was built in 1869-71 by H Fuller and is constructed of ashlar stonework in an Italian style. It is a large, two-story building characterized by round-arched windows and extensive arcading. The west end is wide and rounded, featuring a projecting ground floor and a balustraded parapet. Octagonal towers with conical slated roofs flank the east and west ends; the east end has four-stage towers, and the west end has two smaller towers. Four flights of steps radiate from the curved west end and towers. The returns of the building feature full-height arcading, and a raised attic contains round windows.
The interior features a continuous gallery on three sides, supported by cast iron columns. These columns support an upper tier of taller columns that rise to a continuous cast iron arcade with openwork cast iron spandrels. A round-headed archway with Corinthian columns defines the east end. Contemporary features include a pulpit with a double flight of stairs, an organ and organ case at the east end, and timber pews.
The United Reformed Church is part of a group with the adjacent Sunday School at No 1A Glenarm Road.
Local climate
United Reformed Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 2 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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