Church of St David is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1983. Church.

Church of St David

WRENN ID
narrow-joist-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 June 1983
Type
Church
Address
Church of St David, St David's Church, Church Street, Moreton-In-Marsh
OS grid reference
SP 206 322
Coordinates
51.9882, -1.7013
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St David, located on Church Street, was largely rebuilt in 1858 as a hall church featuring three naves in the Decorated style. The tower was added in 1861, as noted on a tablet within the tower, and was designed by the architects Poulton and Woodman of Reading. The old vestry, dating back to 1790, has been repurposed as a kitchen. In 1892, the chancel and south aisle were extended by E H Lingen Barker. The church is constructed of golden ashlar with tiled roofs and consists of five bays, with a three-bay chancel that includes a vestry and chapel on either side.

The west tower is muscular and comprises four stages, featuring a door, window, clock, and belfry, along with chamfered set-offs and stepped corner buttresses that are set back at the base. The corners are chamfered and adorned with crockets, while the Gothic parapet is topped with corner pinnacles. The stone octagonal spire includes lucarnes, and there is a stair-turret on the southeast side with a trefoil-headed door.

Inside, the font and pulpit, both dating from around 1860, exhibit a muscular design, and the chancel screen was added in 1910 by Bligh Bond. The east windows of the aisles and all the chancel windows are stained glass, with the east window created by Lavers and Westlake in 1858. The vestry door features notable ironwork, and there are two marble memorials on the west wall from 1887 and 1845.

Local climate

Church of St David receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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