Church of St Anne is a Grade II* listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Anne
- WRENN ID
- carved-truss-reed
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1955
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Anne, Epwell
- OS grid reference
- SP 352 404
- Coordinates
- 52.06153, -1.48663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Anne is a Grade II* listed building located in Epwell. It dates back to the 13th century, with alterations and repairs made in the 14th century, specifically in 1425-6, and further work in 1857. The church is constructed from coursed ironstone rubble, with a low pitch slate roof over the nave and a lead roof over the chancel. The structure includes a chancel, nave, south aisle, south-west tower, and porch, featuring a four-window range.
The chancel has a three-light Decorated east window with a trefoiled head, along with single and two-light lancets on the south side and single and two-light Decorated windows on the north side. There is a priest's doorway on the south with a segmental pointed head and a plank door. The nave contains a blocked pointed arched doorway on the north, flanked by two-light Perpendicular windows with square heads. The west end features a three-light window with intersecting tracery.
The south-west tower, which has three stages, serves as the entrance porch and includes a pointed arched doorway with headstops and a plank door. It also has two-light lancets and a sundial, topped with a crenellated parapet. The chancel roof was restored in 1981 by G.F. Lawson, while the nave and south aisle roofs were replaced in the 19th century.
Inside, the church features a decorated two-bay south aisle arcade with two chamfered orders, although the third bay remains at the head of the inner doorway. There is a decorated piscina in the south aisle, a 14th-century octagonal font on a round base, an early 18th-century pulpit, and 19th-century furnishings including a reading desk, benches, and altar rail.
Local climate
Church of St Anne receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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