Church of the Immaculate Conception is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of the Immaculate Conception
- WRENN ID
- peeling-stone-willow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1958
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street W1, City of Westminster, W1J 5RB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 285 805
- Coordinates
- 51.50951, -0.14907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of the Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic church of 1844-49, originally designed by J.J. Scoles, and with later additions by H. Clutton and W.H. Romaine-Walker. Constructed in the Decorated Gothic style, it is built of coursed rubble with fine dressings. The south entrance front features a gable and rose window. The interior boasts red polished granite clustered columns supporting the nave arcade. It contains fine fittings and furnishings, including a high altar by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, and several side altars, some by A.E. Purdie, incorporating contemporary sculpture, metalwork, paintings, mosaic, and stained glass. The west front was redesigned in 1951 by Adrian Gilbert Scott, who also designed a new west window by Evie Hone.
Local climate
Church of the Immaculate Conception 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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