Church of St Edmund and George is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1966. Religious.
Church of St Edmund and George
- WRENN ID
- fading-rubblework-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1966
- Type
- Religious
- Address
- Church of St Edmund and George, Main Street, Hethe
- OS grid reference
- SP 592 294
- Coordinates
- 51.96051, -1.1385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Edmund and George is a church dating from the mid-12th century, which was restored by the architect G.E. Street in 1859. A north aisle was added during this restoration. The building is constructed from squared coursed limestone and limestone rubble, featuring steeply pitched 20th-century tile roofs with stone-coped gables. The church comprises a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, and a south porch.
The chancel includes a restored three-light geometrical east window and a restored two-light Perpendicular window on the south side. The south aisle features a restored 12th-century doorway and a restored window with a round arched head, along with set back buttresses. The north aisle has a two-light reticulated window and two 19th-century lancet windows, as well as a diagonal buttress. The nave has clerestory windows on both the north and south sides, each consisting of three two-light lancets with trefoiled heads and hood moulds. The south aisle contains two-light Perpendicular windows with squared heads, including one to the right of the porch that has a hood mould and label stop. There are pilasters and diagonal buttresses, along with a 19th-century gabled porch and a south doorway with an arched head and a plank door.
At the west end, there is a bell-turret designed by Street, featuring open timber sides and a wood shingle roof. Inside, the church has decorated piscinas in the chancel and south aisle, a 19th-century three-bay nave arcade on both the north and south sides, and 19th-century roofs and fittings. There is also a tub-shaped font that may date back to the 12th century.
Local climate
Church of St Edmund and George sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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