Church of St Catherine (Roman Catholic) is a Grade II listed building in the Arun local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1975. Church.
Church of St Catherine (Roman Catholic)
- WRENN ID
- odd-panel-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Arun
- Constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton MP: Alison Griffiths (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1975
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Catherine (Roman Catholic), Beach Road, Littlehampton
- OS grid reference
- TQ 030 017
- Coordinates
- 50.80601, -0.53958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Catherine is a Roman Catholic church located on Beach Road. Originally built around 1875 as a chapel for the Duchess of Norfolk, it was enlarged and recast in 1883 by M E or C Hadfield. The church is constructed of stone and is aligned north-south, featuring a 13th-century French exterior. It has two gables on the south side above the porch and includes wheel windows. The nave and east aisle consist of five bays, while the west transept has gables on both the north and south sides. A presbytery is connected to the east transept. Inside, the church contains three crocketted and gilded altars adorned with saints, as well as a pulpit, all made from a variety of marbles.
Local climate
Church of St Catherine (Roman Catholic) receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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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