Ruins of Old Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1962. Church ruin.
Ruins of Old Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- weathered-chapel-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1962
- Type
- Church ruin
- Address
- Ruins of Old Parish Church, Church Lane, Lockington-Hemington
- OS grid reference
- SK 457 278
- Coordinates
- 52.84578, -1.32287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of the former parish church are located in Hemington. The church features a 14th-century chancel and the east responds of the nave arcades, while the 13th-century tower completely collapsed in April 1986. The structure is made of rubble stone and has no roof. The chancel retains most of its shell walls, which include a chamfered plinth and offset buttresses. There are two bays of 14th-century two-light Decorated windows that have remnants of cusped tracery and double chamfered surrounds, along with a similar three-light east window. A later doorway has been inserted into the south wall. The chancel arch is double chamfered and rests on semi-octagonal piers with moulded capitals. Similar piers attached to the west wall are the only remnants of the nave arcade.
Local climate
Ruins of Old Parish Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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