The Parish Church of St Giles is a Grade II* listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1955. A C14 Church.
The Parish Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- quartered-cinder-ivy
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1955
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Giles, Brighton Road, Shermanbury
- OS grid reference
- TQ 214 188
- Coordinates
- 50.95615, -0.27256
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Giles is a Grade II* listed building located on Brighton Road in Shermanbury. The church features a chancel, a nave with a bell turret at the west end, and a west porch. It dates back to the 14th century but was largely rebuilt in 1710, with the nave being extended in 1885. The church retains its medieval fittings and includes 18th-century box-pews that have the names of the principal farmhouses in the parish painted on them.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Giles 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 greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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