Church of the English Martyrs is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1982. Church. 8 related planning applications.
Church of the English Martyrs
- WRENN ID
- inner-tin-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1982
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of the English Martyrs, Prescott Street, E1 8BB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 338 809
- Coordinates
- 51.51127, -0.072
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of the English Martyrs is a Gothic-style church of 1875, designed by Edward Welby Pugin. The aisled building is rectangular, incorporating eastern transepts and a sanctuary. Constructed in brick with stone dressings and banding, the liturgical west front, which faces Prescot Street, features a double portico and an octagonal bell-turret to one side. The interior has plastered walls and a vaulted ceiling. A gallery is present at the west end and to the aisles, supported by shallow arches on two-stage polished granite piers. The sanctuary has an apsed shape, beneath a large window which is repeated at the west end.
Local climate
Church of the English Martyrs 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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