Fairfield Match Works is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Match works. 4 related planning applications.
Fairfield Match Works
- WRENN ID
- lesser-arch-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Stratford and Bow MP: Uma Kumaran (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Match works
- Address
- Fairfield Match Works, 3 and 4, Fairfield Road E3, E3 2QN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 372 832
- Coordinates
- 51.53119, -0.02231
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fairfield Match Works consists of a gatehouse and a pair of cottages, dating from the later 19th century. The buildings are constructed of red brick with blue banding, and have a slate roof with cresting.
The gatehouse, at the southern end, is two storeys high and features an oriel bay above the entrance. Carved brick plaques are positioned beneath the oriel, and a porch has corner pillars. The cottages are of irregular plan, with unbarred sash windows set in advanced gabled ends. They feature large decorative chimneys. A large gothic terracotta arched doorway is a prominent feature, displaying a bas relief of a boat on the sea, with the word "Security" inscribed below.
The buildings and wall which form part of the listing are considered important 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 14 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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