The Parish Church of St Laurence is a Grade I listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A Medieval Church.
The Parish Church of St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- deep-wattle-umber
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Laurence, Church Lane, Guestling
- OS grid reference
- TQ 855 144
- Coordinates
- 50.89993, 0.63749
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Laurence features a chancel, nave with aisles, a south porch, and a west tower. The tower is of Norman origin and has a pyramidical tiled roof. The nave and chancel date back to the 13th century but were largely rebuilt between 1884 and 1891, during which time the aisles and porch were added. The church is listed as Grade I for the tower only.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Laurence receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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