Christchurch is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. Church.
Christchurch
- WRENN ID
- winter-step-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Christchurch, Down Street W1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 285 801
- Coordinates
- 51.50522, -0.14867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Christchurch is a church built in 1865 by F. and H. Francis, with an enlargement completed in 1868. It is located on a corner site with Brick Street and features a design in the 14th century Decorated Gothic style, using ragstone and showcasing reticulated window tracery. The church has a nave and a two-bay northeast transept. Inside, the polychromatic brick and stonework has been largely whitened over, and there is a timber barrel vaulted roof with very naturalistic leaf capitals on the columns. Notable fittings include a reredos dedicated to Thomas Henry Hope of Deepdene, Arts and Crafts metalwork in the west gallery, and stained glass in the nave by R. L. Hesketh from 1906. The glass in the east window and transept is likely by Clayton and Bell.
Local climate
Christchurch 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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