Parish Church of St Edward the Confessor is a Grade II* listed building in the Havering local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1952. Church. 1 related planning application.
Parish Church of St Edward the Confessor
- WRENN ID
- under-bonework-burdock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Havering
- Constituency
- Romford MP: Andrew Rosindell (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1952
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Parish Church of St Edward the Confessor, Market Place
- OS grid reference
- TQ 511 889
- Coordinates
- 51.5792, 0.18067
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Edward the Confessor, located in Romford, was built in 1849 by J Johnson and features a curvilinear Decorated style. The church is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings and has a patterned red tile roof, topped by a 162-foot spire. Inside, there are three notable monuments from the 16th and early 17th centuries, particularly the monument of Sir Anthony Cooke, who died in 1576.
Local climate
Parish Church of St Edward the Confessor sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% 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 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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