Church of St Augustine is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1970. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Augustine
- WRENN ID
- old-corner-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1970
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Augustine, Summers Street, Central Swindon North
- OS grid reference
- SU 138 853
- Coordinates
- 51.56647, -1.80152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Augustine is an Anglican parish church built in 1907 by W.A.H. Masters. It is constructed of red brick and features an interlocking red tile roof. The church has a nave and apse, along with a north vestry and a bellcote, and a southwest porch. Designed in the North European Romanesque style, it includes round-headed lancets set between short pilasters, and above these, there is a triple lancet within shallow brick arches, topped with a brick corbel table. The apse is polygonal and adorned with Lombardic arcading in slightly recessed panels. The vestry has a round east end, and the bellcote has a pitched roof situated between the apse and vestry.
Inside, the church features a wide nave with six bays that are expressed as wall arcades. Pilasters support an open double purlin roof, which is held up by bracketed queen posts. The raised choir is enclosed with wrought iron railings and includes a prominent pulpit and lectern. The sanctuary in the apse is also railed. The font is made of limestone and is arcaded in a Romanesque style, depicting ten personified virtues. There is some stained glass from 1931-1932. In the west one-and-a-half bays, a late 20th-century screen encloses a ceiled hall. Overall, it is considered a successful design.
Local climate
Church of St Augustine receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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