Parish Church of Emmanuel is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Church.
Parish Church of Emmanuel
- WRENN ID
- sharp-bastion-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Parish Church of Emmanuel, 251, Lea Bridge Road E10
- OS grid reference
- TQ 366 874
- Coordinates
- 51.56911, -0.02905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of Emmanuel, located at 251 Lea Bridge Road in Leyton, was built between 1934 and 1935 by architects Martin Travers and T. F. W Grant. The church features a brown brick exterior and a low-pitched roof covered with concrete tiles, which was originally copper. It has a three-bay nave with aisles that lead to an aisleless chancel, and a north-west porch. The design is stripped and almost styleless, with mullioned windows that have segmental-headed cuspless lights, two-light clerestory windows, and a five-light window at the west end. The east window is circular. The entrances have segmental and square-headed stone architraves, adorned with simplified volutes and cherubs carved in relief.
Inside, the church has depressed arcade arches supported by capitalless square piers, a western gallery, and a barrel ceiling with exposed timber tie beams. The reredos, altar rail, font, and other furnishings were all designed by the architect.
Local climate
Parish Church of Emmanuel sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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