Charnel House to Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. A C17 Charnel house.

Charnel House to Church of St Nicholas

WRENN ID
rusted-passage-pine
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Greenwich and Woolwich MP: Matthew Pennycook (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1951
Type
Charnel house
Address
Charnel House to Church of St Nicholas, Deptford Green Se8
OS grid reference
TQ 373 777
Coordinates
51.48178, -0.0227
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Charnel House to the Church of St Nicholas was built in 1697. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and quoins, topped with a tiled roof that has a restored eaves cornice. The building features gauged brick arches over windows, which are now blocked, and these arches have cut decoration. There is a stone-capped brick plinth, and the windows on either side of the central door still have their original wrought iron grilles. Above the door is an empty panel that once held an oak relief depicting Ezekiel's vision of the valley of dry bones, which is now located inside the church. The interior has been cleared of bones and converted for community use, and it does not contain any notable features. This structure is a rare example of a purpose-built 17th-century charnel house.

Local climate

Charnel House to Church of St Nicholas 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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