Church of Saint Edmund is a Grade I listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. A C14 Church.
Church of Saint Edmund
- WRENN ID
- mired-merlon-holly
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of Saint Edmund, Fawkham Road, West Kingsdown
- OS grid reference
- TQ 579 633
- Coordinates
- 51.3473, 0.26725
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Edmund, located on Fawkham Road in West Kingsdown, is a Grade I listed building with origins in the Saxon, Norman, and 14th century. The structure features a chancel and nave that are connected without a chancel arch, a square tower situated at the south-west corner of the chancel, a south porch, and a vestry at the north-west corner of the nave. It is constructed of flint laid in fairly regular courses and has a tiled roof. The nave and square tower are of Saxo-Norman design, while the chancel may also be from this period, though its windows are decorated. Inside, the church contains wall paintings from the second half of the 12th century, depicting the Sacrifice of Cain and Abel and the scene of Cain killing Abel. There is also some 14th-century stained glass in the nave, including north and south windows.
Local climate
Church of Saint Edmund 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 lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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