Churchyard War Memorial at Church of St Anne's is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. War memorial.

Churchyard War Memorial at Church of St Anne's

WRENN ID
rooted-sandstone-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
Country
England
Type
War memorial
Address
Churchyard War Memorial at Church of St Anne's, Commercial Road E14
OS grid reference
TQ 368 810
Coordinates
51.51206, -0.02993
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Churchyard War Memorial at the Church of St Anne's is a war memorial dedicated to the First World War, built after 1918. It features a cruciform plan and is made of white stone. The memorial is accessed by four steps with balustrades on each side. At the center of the cross is a plinth made of white stone, which has a bronze pictorial panel in low relief and is topped with a bronze figure of Christ in a blessing pose.

The memorial is part of a group that includes the garden wall to the former St Anne's Rectory, Limehouse Town Hall, St Anne's Parish Church, the churchyard wall, railings, gates, gate piers, and other nearby buildings on Newell Street.

Local climate

Churchyard War Memorial at Church of St Anne's 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Church of St Anne Grade I 50 m
  2. Cockney Eel and Pie Shop Grade II 58 m
  3. 797, Commercial Road E14 Grade II 62 m
  4. 799, Commercial Road E14 Grade II 66 m
  5. 801, Commercial Road E14 Grade II 70 m
  6. 803, Commercial Road E14 Grade II 75 m
  7. Former Caird and Rayner Premises Grade II 77 m
  8. Three Lamp Standards on Pavement in Front of No 805 and Star of the East Public House Grade II 78 m
  9. Star of the East Public House Grade II 83 m
  10. Church Yard Walls, Railings, Gates and Gate Piers at St Anne's Church Grade II 84 m