Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1987. Church.
Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1987
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of the Holy Cross, Church Lane, Scopwick
- OS grid reference
- TF 085 577
- Coordinates
- 53.10621, -0.3807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of the Holy Cross is a parish church built in 1848, constructed from coursed limestone rubble and ashlar with ashlar dressings. It features a slate roof with coped gables and kneelers. The nave and chancel are under a single roof and include a western porch and a bellcote. The exterior has a chamfered plinth, cill band, and eaves band, along with buttresses that have set-offs. The west front showcases a gabled porch with diagonal buttresses and a pointed arched doorway framed by a double arched surround. The inner arch is plain chamfered, while the outer arch is moulded and chamfered, supported by shafts with plain capitals, and features a hood mould with label stops. Above the doorway is a single trefoil window in a trilobed surround, and the gable is topped with a single gabled bellcote.
The north and south walls are identical, each with five pointed lancet windows in chamfered surrounds, complete with hoodmoulds and label stops. The east front, believed to be a faithful reproduction of its medieval predecessor, has a pair of pointed lancets in chamfered inner surrounds, with deeply moulded outer arches supported by shafts that have moulded capitals. The central pair of shafts are ringed, and above them is a mandala-shaped window in a plain chamfered surround.
Inside, there is a plain chamfered chancel arch with octagonal responds, and a twin arched piscina featuring a reused 12th-century octagonal shaft with a plain capital. The western gallery contains an organ and a wall tablet dedicated to Richard T Welby from 1856. The church is furnished with 19th-century wooden pews, a pulpit, and roofs, as well as an octagonal font.
Local climate
Church of the Holy Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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