Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1965. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- still-wall-amber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1965
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Andrew, Church Lane, Abberton
- OS grid reference
- TL 997 193
- Coordinates
- 51.83736, 0.89791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building located on Abberton Church Lane. It dates back to the 14th century, featuring a nave with an original two-light window in the north wall. There is a late 14th-century north doorway that has been blocked, with chamfered jambs, a two-centred arch, and a moulded label. A similar doorway and window can be found in the south wall. The chancel, built in the early 19th century, rests on 14th-century foundations and includes a 14th-century two-centred chancel arch. The west tower, constructed in the 16th century from red brick, displays some diapering in flared headers and consists of three stages topped with a modern parapet. It features a two-centred tower arch and a west window with three cinquefoiled lights and vertical tracery set in a two-centred head with a moulded label. The west doorway is made of brick with chamfered jambs and a two-centred arch, while there is a 16th-century door leading to the turret staircase and a 14th-century south door. The porch, added in the 18th century, has a plain red tile roof.
Local climate
Church of St Andrew sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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