Church of St Julian is a Grade I listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1953. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Julian
- WRENN ID
- stark-rafter-finch
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Southampton
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen MP: Darren Paffey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1953
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Julian, Winkle Street, City of Southampton
- OS grid reference
- SU 420 109
- Coordinates
- 50.89651, -1.40358
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Julian, dating from around 1190 and significantly restored in 1861, was originally the chapel of the Hospital of St Julian, also known as God's House, which was founded around 1185 as an almshouse and hostel for pilgrims traveling to Canterbury. From the 16th century until 1939, it served regularly as a place of worship for French Protestants, earning the nickname the French Church.
The exterior features coursed stone rubble with a tiled roof, and there is stone coping on the gable end topped with a cross-shaped saddle stone. The squat tower has an archway beneath it, and the north door has been renewed. The nave and chancel each consist of two bays and have transitional style windows. A notable feature is the 12th-century chancel arch, which has two orders. Inside, there is a Leper's Squint Stoup Monument, likely from the 19th century, commemorating the execution of Richard Plantagenet, Lord Scrope of Masham, and Sir Thomas Gray of Northumberland in 1415 for their conspiracy against Henry V. The church also has a 19th-century barrel vaulted roof, which is of Grade I historical interest.
Local climate
Church of St Julian receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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