Wall of Former St Mary's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Churchyard wall.

Wall of Former St Mary's Churchyard

WRENN ID
twisted-wicket-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Churchyard wall
Address
Wall of Former St Mary's Churchyard, Whitechapel Road E1
OS grid reference
TQ 341 814
Coordinates
51.51642, -0.06868
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall of the former St Mary's Churchyard, dating from the 19th century, is constructed of red brick and features a deep white stone capping. It includes red brick gate piers that are accented with white stone bands and topped with carved stone caps.

Local climate

Wall of Former St Mary's Churchyard 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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