Church of St Edmund is a Grade II listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 1964. Former court house, church.

Church of St Edmund

WRENN ID
forgotten-transept-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lindsey
Constituency
Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 December 1964
Type
Former court house, church
Address
Church of St Edmund, Spital in the Street Road, Hemswell Cliff
OS grid reference
SK 966 900
Coordinates
53.39836, -0.54813
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Edmund is a 16th-century building that originally served as a quarter sessions court house. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and limestone ashlar, topped with a slate roof featuring stone coped gables and a square bell turret on the east gable. The church has a rectangular plan and includes a plinth. The east doorway features a four-centred moulded arch under a rectangular head, with moulded jambs and a plank door. Above the doorway, there is an inscription that reads: "Fui Ao Di 1398 } Non Fui 1594 } Dom Dei et Pauperum Sum 1616 } Qui Hanc Deus Hunc Destruet," along with a smaller datestone inscribed 'G P 1830'.

The church has single cross mullioned chamfered windows on the north, west, and south sides, each with three lights, where the upper lights have four-centred heads and a moulded cornice. Inside, there is a panelled ceiling supported by ornate brackets with corbels, an 18th-century altar rail, 19th-century lecterns, and 20th-century pews. The inscriptions indicate that a hostel for the poor existed on this site in 1398 and 1616, although it was not in use in 1594.

Local climate

Church of St Edmund receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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