Assemblies of the First Born Church is a Grade II listed building in the Wandsworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1983. Church. 1 related planning application.
Assemblies of the First Born Church
- WRENN ID
- tired-shingle-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wandsworth
- Constituency
- Battersea MP: Marsha De Cordova (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1983
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Assemblies of the First Born Church, Battersea Bridge Road Sw11
- OS grid reference
- TQ 275 764
- Coordinates
- 51.47256, -0.16518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Assemblies of the First Born Church, formerly known as the Church of St Stephen's, is a Grade II listed building located on Battersea Bridge Road. Designed by White and consecrated in 1887, this church is built in a Gothic style reminiscent of the 14th century, featuring yellow stocks interlaced with red brick and stone dressings. The narthex roof is covered in slate, while the other roofs are now tiled.
The west end of the church has three lancet windows and is flanked by buttresses that end in pyramidal turrets. The nave consists of four bays and includes windows with cusped tracery, each containing three lights, alongside low windowless aisles. At the east end of the north aisle stands a tower that features a corbelled clock stage and a broach spire. The apsidal chancel is elevated on an undercroft, and the interior boasts a substantial king-post roof.
Local climate
Assemblies of the First Born Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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