Crown Court Church (Church of Scotland) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Church. 2 related planning applications.

Crown Court Church (Church of Scotland)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1987
Type
Church
Address
Crown Court Church (Church of Scotland), Crown Court Wc2, City of Westminster, WC2B 5EZ
OS grid reference
TQ 304 810
Coordinates
51.51339, -0.12104
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Crown Court Church, also known as the Church of Scotland, is a church founded in 1718 and rebuilt in 1909 by Eustace Balfour of Balfour and Turner. It is constructed of red brick with Portland stone dressings and features a slate roof. The design is a restrained yet distinctive Free Style, typical of Balfour's work. The church has three storeys and a recessed slated attic, measuring four bays wide. The outer bays serve as doorways and are designed to resemble towers, with the left bay topped by an open, pedimented pavilion and the right bay featuring battlements. The windows are mullioned and transomed, with iron grilles on the ground floor. The top storey is pilastered, with a bracketed cornice and balustrade. Inside, the church has a galleried layout, showcasing an early use of steel framing encased in wood, and benefits from clerestory lighting.

Local climate

Crown Court Church (Church of Scotland) 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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