Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1967. A Victorian Church. 14 related planning applications.
Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- standing-trefoil-blackthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1967
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Church of the Holy Cross, Hoath, CT3 4JT
- OS grid reference
- TR 203 641
- Coordinates
- 51.33411, 1.16132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of the Holy Cross is a 19th-century building, likely dating from 1842, originally serving as a Chapel of Ease to Reculver. It is constructed from flint and stone rubble with a tile roof. The church comprises a nave and lower chancel, a north aisle, a south porch, and a bell turret at the west end of the nave, topped with a broached shingled spirelet. The interior largely dates from the 19th century and resulted from a restoration in 1867 by Clark. An inscription on the west gable reads "Built 1303, repared 1842." The south porch features a stoup and early English corbel heads. Two brasses, dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, are present. The churchyard includes 18th-century headstones featuring skull and cherub motifs, and an oval bodystone.
Local climate
Church of the Holy Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 14 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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