The Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. Church.
The Methodist Church
- WRENN ID
- lost-string-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Methodist Church, Rectory Lane, Icklesham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 903 173
- Coordinates
- 50.92444, 0.70702
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Methodist Church was built in 1785 and is a small single-storey building featuring two windows. It is constructed of red brick and has a mansarded tiled roof. A brass plate on the building indicates that John Wesley preached there in January 1789 and delivered his last outdoor sermon in Winchelsea in 1790. Inside, there is a small gallery.
Local climate
The Methodist Church 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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