Church of St Francis Assisi is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. A Victorian Church. 3 related planning applications.
Church of St Francis Assisi
- WRENN ID
- wild-facade-hawk
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1969
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Church of St Francis Assisi, Pottery Lane, London, W11 4NQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 242 805
- Coordinates
- 51.50979, -0.21078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Francis Assisi is a brick church built in 1860 by Clutton, with a Lady Chapel and Baptistry added in 1863 by Bentley. The church has a low profile and an apsidal (semicircular) east end. It comprises a four-bay nave, with no clerestory, and a north aisle. The Lady Chapel is positioned tangentially to the northeast and also has an apse. The church's fittings, designed by Bentley, are notable for their richness, including a high altar and font built from contrasting marbles and supported by stumpy columns with stiff leaf capitals. A decorative wooden cover adorns the font, and a wrought iron screen defines the Baptistry. The church is designated as a Grade II* listed building, reflecting the significance of Bentley’s contributions.
Local climate
Church of St Francis Assisi sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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