The Parish Church of St Lawrence is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1965. A Medieval Church.
The Parish Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- twisted-bastion-wren
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1965
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Lawrence, Telscombe, Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 405 033
- Coordinates
- 50.81278, -0.00636
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Lawrence is a Grade I listed Church of England building located in Telscombe. It features a chancel with a north chapel, a nave with a north aisle, and a west tower topped with a pyramidal tiled roof. The nave and chancel date back to the 12th century, while the arcade of the north aisle and chapel, as well as the tower, are from the late 12th century. The north aisle and chapel were rebuilt in the 19th century.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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