Porch from Former Church of St Giles (Re Erected) is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1954. A Medieval Church. 2 related planning applications.

Porch from Former Church of St Giles (Re Erected)

WRENN ID
fading-basalt-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Peckham MP: Miatta Fahnbulleh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 June 1954
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Porch from Former Church of St Giles (Re Erected), Benhill Road, SE5 7LL
OS grid reference
TQ 329 767
Coordinates
51.47435, -0.08705
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The porch from the former Church of St Giles is a freestanding medieval structure that now functions as a shelter. It is the only remaining part of the former Camberwell Parish Church of St Giles. The porch is constructed of flint with freestone dressings and features a tiled roof adorned with decorative ridge tiles. The south-west facing front has a pointed arch, which is gabled and flanked by diagonal corner buttresses. There is a niche located at the apex of the gable.

Local climate

Porch from Former Church of St Giles (Re Erected) 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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