Church of the Ascension is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 2011. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of the Ascension
- WRENN ID
- drifting-baluster-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 2011
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of the Ascension, Claude Avenue, BA2 1AG
- OS grid reference
- ST 734 639
- Coordinates
- 51.37426, -2.38241
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of the Ascension is a Grade II listed building constructed from limestone ashlar with slate roofs. The main structure includes a nave, north and south aisles, and a south porch, all built in 1907, while the chancel and south aisle were added in 1911.
On the exterior, the west wall faces the street and is framed by stepped buttresses. It features a large three-light window with mullions and has a small bell-cote to the left, along with a gable cross. The porch entrance on the left leads into the north aisle. The aisle windows are three-light, with coupled lights in a clerestory above. The chancel is distinguished by a five-light east window.
Inside, the church has a five-bay nave supported by lozenge-shaped piers, with two orders of arches that die into the piers without capitals. The aisle windows have hood-moulds over their rere-arches. Notable interior features include a moulded stone reredos divided into five compartments, pitch-pine desks, choir seats, and a pulpit.
Local climate
Church of the Ascension receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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