Church of St Ecgwin is a Grade I listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1959. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Ecgwin
- WRENN ID
- dim-gateway-umber
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1959
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Ecgwin, Church Honeybourne
- OS grid reference
- SP 119 440
- Coordinates
- 52.09469, -1.82631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Ecgwin is a parish church dedicated in 1295, with extensions made in the early 14th and 15th centuries, and restoration occurring in the late 19th century. It is constructed of coursed lias rubble with ashlar dressings and features a Cotswold stone roof. The nave and chancel date back to 1295, while the south porch was added in the 15th century and the west tower in the 14th century.
The west tower consists of four stages and is supported by diagonal buttresses. It is topped with a late 14th-century octagonal stone spire adorned with crocketted corner pinnacles. The spire has openings featuring two ogee trefoiled lights beneath a triangular head.
The nave is aisle-less and includes a clerestory with four bays. The south clerestory has windows with two trefoiled lights, while the north side is blind. To the right, there are two 19th-century windows with two cinquefoiled lights, and to the left of the center is a window with three trefoiled lights. The south porch, located in the left-hand bay, has a stone roof supported by stone arches. The entry features a Tudor arch with pierced quatrefoils in the spandrels and a square label, while the south door is from the 14th century. There is also a blocked north door.
The chancel has two bays, each with a trefoiled lancet, and a priest's door in the south wall. The east window consists of three trefoiled lights beneath a two-centred head.
Inside, most windows have rere-arches, and there is a 19th-century chancel arch. The chancel features a trefoil-headed piscina. The nave roof, dating to the 15th century, has a shallow pitch with four bays, moulded tie beams, and wall posts resting on stone angled corbels. The chancel has a common-rafter roof with scissor braces.
Notable fittings include an octagonal 15th-century font.
Local climate
Church of St Ecgwin receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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