Remains of Old Church is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 1966. Remains of church.
Remains of Old Church
- WRENN ID
- lesser-paling-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Goole and Pocklington MP: David Davis (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 December 1966
- Type
- Remains of church
- Address
- Remains of Old Church, Front Street, Laxton
- OS grid reference
- SE 792 254
- Coordinates
- 53.71952, -0.80041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of the old church, dating from the 14th century, are located on the south side of Front Street in Laxton. The structure is built of rubble with ashlar dressings and has a Welsh slate roof. It consists of a single bay. There is a plain pointed doorway on the west side and a lancet window on the north side. To the south, there is an inserted round-headed window and evidence of a blocked priest's door. The east side features a fine 4-light Decorated window, which is flanked by angle buttresses, and there is a blind oculus above it. The gables are stone-coped with shaped kneelers. There are no notable internal features.
Local climate
Remains of Old Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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