Christchurch Rectory, 2 Fournier Street and area railings is a Grade II* listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. A C18 Rectory. 4 related planning applications.
Christchurch Rectory, 2 Fournier Street and area railings
- WRENN ID
- ancient-spindle-merlin
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1950
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- Christchurch Rectory, 2 Fournier Street and area railings, Fournier Street E1, E1 6QE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 337 817
- Coordinates
- 51.51917, -0.07306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Christchurch Rectory, located at 2 Fournier Street, is an early 18th-century building designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, alongside the adjacent Christ Church. The rectory is constructed of brown brick with red brick dressings and features a stucco parapet above a stone cornice adorned with dentils. It stands three storeys tall, with a basement and attic, and includes pedimented dormer windows. The facade has four recessed sash windows with glazing bars, set under segmental arches. The stone door surround is detailed with an architrave, frieze, and cornice. Inside, the staircase boasts twisted balusters. The property is complemented by area railings. Christchurch Rectory is part of a group that includes the Great Synagogue, various numbered buildings on Fournier Street, and Christ Church on Commercial Street, as well as other nearby structures.
Local climate
Christchurch Rectory, 2 Fournier Street and area railings 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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