Church of St Katherine is a Grade I listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1960. A Original C12 fabric with C13 and C17 alterations; notable C14, C15 and C16 window/door phases; C18 north porch (largely rebuilt late C19); west tower work begun 1917 (incomplete); roofs mainly C19 Church.
Church of St Katherine
- WRENN ID
- silver-terrace-finch
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Thurrock
- Constituency
- South Basildon and East Thurrock MP: James McMurdock (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1960
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Original C12 fabric with C13 and C17 alterations; notable C14, C15 and C16 window/door phases; C18 north porch (largely rebuilt late C19); west tower work begun 1917 (incomplete); roofs mainly C19
- Address
- Church of St Katherine, Princess Margaret Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 689 769
- Coordinates
- 51.46644, 0.43032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Katherine, located on Princess Margaret Road in East Tilbury, dates back to the 12th century, with alterations made in the 13th and 17th centuries. The building is constructed of flint and rubble, incorporating some Roman and medieval brickwork, with Reigate stone dressings. The roofs are tiled.
The nave features a late 12th-century north arcade with two centred arches of a plain order, and there is one blocked early 12th-century window. The south wall shows remnants of an early 14th-century south arcade with two centred arches. There are two 14th-century windows: one with two lights and the other with three lights, both having trefoiled ogees with tracery and four centred heads. The 14th-century west tower arch is two centred and composed of three chamfered orders. A 13th-century lancet window is found in the west wall, along with a west doorway of the same date.
The late 12th-century north aisle has a 15th-century window in the east wall. The north wall contains a 16th-century window with three wooden ogee trefoiled lights, a late 12th-century window with a 13th-century head, and a 19th-century window. The north doorway is from the 14th century, featuring moulded jambs and a two centred arch. The west wall includes a 16th-century window with one four centred light.
The early 13th-century chancel has three original lancets in the east wall, with one similar window in the north wall and another early 14th-century window with two cinquefoiled lights in a two centred head. The south wall has four windows: three are 13th-century lancets, one of which is partly blocked by a 15th-century light, and one is an early 16th-century window with two four centred lights.
A north porch from the 18th century has been largely rebuilt in the late 19th century. The west tower, which began construction in 1917, remains unfinished. The roofs are mainly from the 19th century, although four tie beams from the chancel date back to the 14th century. The north door is from the 14th century, with a later rear frame, and the pulpit is from the 16th century.
Local climate
Church of St Katherine sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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