Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury is a Grade II listed building in the Harrow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 May 1983. Church.
Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury
- WRENN ID
- other-garret-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harrow
- Constituency
- Harrow West MP: Gareth Thomas (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 May 1983
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Roxborough Park
- OS grid reference
- TQ 150 877
- Coordinates
- 51.57647, -0.34052
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, located in Harrow-on-the-Hill, was built in 1894 by Arthur Young in a 14th-century style. The church is constructed of brick with roughcast facing and features some flint and stone dressings. It has a long, low nave topped with a tiled roof, a south aisle that includes a timber waggon vault, and a short north aisle. To the west of the south aisle is an octagonal baptistry. There is also a gallery at the west end of the church. The building is topped with a short, battlemented octagonal tower that has chequerboarding, situated to the east of the south porch.
Local climate
Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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