The Parish Church of St Thomas the Martyr is a Grade I listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. A C14 Church.
The Parish Church of St Thomas the Martyr
- WRENN ID
- lunar-doorway-moth
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Thomas the Martyr, High Street, Icklesham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 905 173
- Coordinates
- 50.92419, 0.70921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Thomas the Martyr is a Grade I listed building located on High Street in Icklesham, Winchelsea. This church was intended to be cruciform in design, but the nave was either never completed or was destroyed by the French in the 14th century. The remaining structure includes the chancel with aisles and the arches and ruins of the transepts. Aside from the 15th-century west porch, the entire building dates from the 14th century and is considered the finest example of Decorated Gothic architecture in Sussex. Inside, the church features earlier canopied tombs. A striking aspect of the church is the modern stained glass, designed by Edward Strachan, which fills all but two of the windows. Photographs of the church can be found in the National Buildings Record.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Thomas the Martyr 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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