Church of St Alban the Martyr is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1983. Church.

Church of St Alban the Martyr

WRENN ID
eternal-roof-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barnet
Constituency
Finchley and Golders Green MP: Sarah Sackman (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 April 1983
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Alban the Martyr, North End Road Nw11
OS grid reference
TQ 253 873
Coordinates
51.57103, -0.19282
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Alban the Martyr, built around 1932, is a cruciform church designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. It is constructed of brown brick with brown stone dressings and russet tiling. The church features an aisleless nave, short north and south transepts, and a chancel. Designed in the Decorated Gothic style, it has a battlemented octagonal tower at the crossing, topped with a pyramidal roof dormer on alternate faces. The tower's tapering corners create an impression of strength, and it is supported by well-shouldered buttresses. There are north and south porches, and a vestry is located on the south side, which includes a staircase turret at the southeast corner. Inside, the church has an impressive plain rendered interior with arches at the crossing and west end. A delicately wrought stone reredos features a central crucifix and canopy work above, and there is an alabaster font at the west end.

Local climate

Church of St Alban the Martyr 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 98% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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