Fairfield Match Works (Bryant and May) is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Factory. 30 related planning applications.
Fairfield Match Works (Bryant and May)
- WRENN ID
- under-pewter-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Stratford and Bow MP: Uma Kumaran (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Factory
- Address
- Fairfield Match Works (Bryant and May), Fairfield Road E3
- OS grid reference
- TQ 373 832
- Coordinates
- 51.5313, -0.02197
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fairfield Match Works (Bryant and May) was founded in 1861, with a date stone of 1874. The factory was notable for its excellent working conditions, recognised as early as 1862. The administrative building is constructed of stock brick with red and blue brick dressings, topped by a brick and stone capped eave cornice. The roof is not visible. It is three storeys high and fifteen bays wide. The southern three bays and one to the north of the entrance feature gothic arches framing first and second-floor windows. Most windows are unbarred sashes. The asymmetrical entrance is slightly advanced and has a pediment with a central gothic arch. The tympanum features a clock, stone shields, and bas relief carvings. The ground floor is stone-faced, with entrance doors, flanking windows, and decorative plaques displaying the firm's monogram. The buildings and wall of the listed part of Fairfield Match Works form a group of importance to the social and economic history of Bow.
Local climate
Fairfield Match Works (Bryant and May) 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 — 33 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 30 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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