Old Tower of Former Church of St Augustine is a Grade I listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. A Early C16 Tower. 2 related planning applications.

Old Tower of Former Church of St Augustine

WRENN ID
calm-pier-elder
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Hackney
Constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch MP: Dame Meg Hillier (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 April 1951
Type
Tower
Address
Old Tower of Former Church of St Augustine, Mare Street E8
OS grid reference
TQ 349 850
Coordinates
51.54782, -0.05451
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Tower of the former Church of St Augustine is a tall tower with four stages, constructed from Kentish ragstone. It features diagonal buttresses and a high plinth. Canon Clarke suggests that the tower dates from the early 16th century, although parts of the structure may be older. On the east side, there is a doorway with a hollow-chamfered, four-centred arch and nook shafts. The tower has restored traceried bell openings and a lower window with late Perpendicular tracery.

Local climate

Old Tower of Former Church of St Augustine 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
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2019
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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