The Parish Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. A 1876-78 (restoration by G.E. Street) Church.
The Parish Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- tired-lead-vetch
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1955
- Type
- Church
- Period
- 1876-78 (restoration by G.E. Street)
- Address
- The Parish Church of the Holy Cross, Bignor, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 982 146
- Coordinates
- 50.92315, -0.60353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade I listed parish church located in Bignor Village. It features a chancel, a nave with aisles, a south porch, and a west bell-turret topped with a shingled spire. The chancel arch is of Norman design, while the rest of the church dates from the 13th century and was restored by G.E. Street between 1876 and 1878. This church is considered to be of average quality for a medieval structure and has not been overly restored.
Local climate
The Parish Church of the Holy Cross receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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