Columbarium at City of London Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Newham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1984. Columbarium.

Columbarium at City of London Cemetery

WRENN ID
shadowed-sandstone-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newham
Constituency
East Ham MP: Sir Stephen Timms (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1984
Type
Columbarium
Address
Columbarium at City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Road E12
OS grid reference
TQ 421 864
Coordinates
51.55927, 0.04973
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The columbarium at the City of London Cemetery, formerly catacombs, is a Grade II listed building, likely designed by William Haywood. It is constructed from ragstone and ashlar and features a crescent-shaped, single-storey design in the Gothic style. The central section has a three-bay protruding arcade, with the middle arch being richly cusped. Inside, there is an ashlar ribbed nave, and on either side, there is double arched blind arcading. The building has a solid parapet and pointed doorways at both ends. Original openwork iron doors are located at the center and sides, complemented by punched quatrefoil staircases at the ends.

Local climate

Columbarium at City of London Cemetery 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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