Church of St Giles is a Grade I listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- ancient-ashlar-claret
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Chichester
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1986
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Giles, Oving
- OS grid reference
- SU 893 026
- Coordinates
- 50.81625, -0.73283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Giles in Merston is a 13th-century building faced with roughcast. It is a small structure, similar in size to a chapel, featuring a chancel and nave that are not divided, a north aisle, a south porch, and a bell-arch at the west end of the nave. Inside, there is a trefoil-headed piscina and a 13th-century font. This charming medieval church has seen minimal restoration.
Local climate
Church of St Giles receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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