Former St Pauls Church is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Church. 1 related planning application.
Former St Pauls Church
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Former St Pauls Church, The Nursery, Dock Street, E1 8JN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 341 807
- Coordinates
- 51.51009, -0.06794
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Former St Pauls Church, built in 1846-1847, was designed by architect Henry Roberts in the Early English style. The building is constructed of stock brick with stone dressings and features a western tower and spire. It replaced the Episcopal Floating Church and was established as a Seamen's Church. The foundation stone was laid by the Prince Consort.
Local climate
Former St Pauls Church 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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