Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1950. A Medieval Church.

Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
steep-sandstone-burdock
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Constituency
Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1950
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of All Saints, Lydd
OS grid reference
TR 042 209
Coordinates
50.9518, 0.90693
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of All Saints in Lydd, known as the Cathedral of the Marsh, is a Grade I listed parish church. It features remnants of a Saxon basilica in the north-west corner. The chancel and the three easternmost bays of the nave are in the early English style, while the three westernmost bays and the tower date from the 15th century. The exterior is constructed of ragstone rubble with a tiled roof. The tower is crenellated and adorned with four crockets. Inside, there is lierne vaulting, a nave with aisles, and a fine 15th-century king-post roof supported by carved corbels. The church also contains two piscinas, a sedilia, and a restored chancel roof. Notable features include a 16th-century memorial to Thomas Godfrey, an effigy of Sir Walter de Meryl, Lord of the Manor of Jacques Court, brasses, and a mid-18th-century font.

Local climate

Church of All Saints receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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