Christ Church is a Grade II* listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. Church. 1 related planning application.
Christ Church
- WRENN ID
- north-basalt-marsh
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Christ Church, Brixton Road Sw9, SW9 6BE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 311 770
- Coordinates
- 51.47758, -0.11293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Christ Church, built in 1907 by Beresford Pite, is a Grade II* listed building located on Brixton Road. It is designed in a Byzantine style and features a cruciform layout with a central dome over a wider octagonal drum. The church has a low nave with a half-octagonal west end, tall gabled transepts, and a long chancel that leads to a wide east end. The exterior is constructed of yellow stock brick, accented with purple dressings of red brick and stone. There is extensive arcading on all sides, and the large lunettes of the drum and transepts are enhanced by wide, buttress-like mullions that add an Art Nouveau touch. The impressive east end includes a tall, domed central tower, lower end towers with gambrel roofs, and a southeast angle turret topped with a copper ogee canopy. The stone dressings on the east facade include first-floor arcading and three doorways below, with the central doorway situated under a raised pediment.
Local climate
Christ Church 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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