Christ Church (Including Gatepiers and Gates to Vergers Yard) is a Grade I listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. A Georgian Church. 8 related planning applications.
Christ Church (Including Gatepiers and Gates to Vergers Yard)
- WRENN ID
- muted-jade-tallow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1950
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Christ Church (Including Gatepiers and Gates to Vergers Yard), Commercial Street E1, E1 6LY
- OS grid reference
- TQ 337 817
- Coordinates
- 51.51912, -0.07368
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Christ Church, built between 1723 and 1729 and designed by architect Nicholas Hawksmoor, is a prominent structure in the Spitalfields area, featuring a striking white ashlar tower and spire. The church has a western portico supported by four giant Tuscan columns and a central semi-circular arch, a design element that is echoed in the facade beneath the tower. There are steps leading up to the entrance. The interior, excluding the crypt, is currently closed for restoration.
The church is accompanied by two sets of gate piers leading to its churchyard, which date from the 18th century. These consist of two pairs of tall white stone gate piers topped with caps, with the ones closest to Fournier Street featuring ball finials.
Christ Church, along with the Drinking Fountain and Trough and five bollards, forms a cohesive group with the Ten Bells Public House. It is part of a larger grouping on Commercial Street and is also included in the group centered around Fournier Street.
Local climate
Christ Church (Including Gatepiers and Gates to Vergers Yard) 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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- 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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