Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Church.
Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church
- WRENN ID
- spare-paling-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church, Victoria Park Square E2
- OS grid reference
- TQ 350 829
- Coordinates
- 51.52972, -0.05402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church is a mid to late 19th-century building located on Victoria Park Square. It is constructed of stock brick with a white stone gabled end and is designed in the Gothic style. The church features a large west window situated above a gabled door with a gothic arch. The facade facing Old Ford Road includes a high plinth and buttresses, making it an important focal point at the corner site. The church is included for its group value, as it forms a group with The Terrace, No 5 (Nettleswell House), and Nos 15 to 21 (odd) Old Ford Road.
Local climate
Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic 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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