Roman Catholic Church of St Edward the Martyr is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Church.
Roman Catholic Church of St Edward the Martyr
- WRENN ID
- rooted-ledge-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Roman Catholic Church of St Edward the Martyr, Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 866 227
- Coordinates
- 51.00437, -2.19164
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roman Catholic Church of St Edward the Martyr, located at 1615 Salisbury Street, was dedicated on 21 September 1910. Designed by architect E Doran Webb from Salisbury, the church is built of ashlar Tisbury stone and showcases a Perpendicular style. The structure includes a nave, chancel, and transepts, with a tower positioned over the north-west transept. The entrance features a doorway with a pointed arch and carved spandrels, topped with a dripmould. Above the entrance, there is a three-light window, with each light having a cinquefoil head and a dripstone above. The nave contains windows of three lights with trefoil heads, and the tower is adorned with a castellated parapet. The church is part of a group that includes Nos 47, 49, 53 to 59 (odd), and Old Sarum.
Local climate
Roman Catholic Church of St Edward the Martyr receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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