Fairfield Match Works is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Industrial building. 1 related planning application.

Fairfield Match Works

WRENN ID
mired-column-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Stratford and Bow MP: Uma Kumaran (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Industrial building
Address
Fairfield Match Works, 1 and 1a, Fairfield Road E3, E3 2TR
OS grid reference
TQ 373 831
Coordinates
51.53088, -0.02196
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fairfield Match Works is a late 19th-century building located on Fairfield Road. It has an irregular shape and is constructed of red brick with blue brick banding. The roof is also irregular and covered with slate. A notable feature is the corner turret topped with a pyramidal cap. The building has two bays facing the road and stands three storeys high, featuring two gothic arched windows with unbarred sashes. The buildings and wall of the listed part of Fairfield Match Works are significant for their contributions to the social and economic history of Bow.

Local climate

Fairfield Match Works 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 96% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2013
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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