The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1957. A About 1370 Church. 1 related planning application.
The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- idle-rampart-crag
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1957
- Type
- Church
- Period
- About 1370
- Address
- The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, the Street, Poynings, Mid Sussex, BN45 7AQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 264 120
- Coordinates
- 50.89411, -0.20323
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity is a cruciform building comprising a chancel, north and south transepts, a nave, and a north porch, with a central tower. Construction took place around 1370, commissioned by the brothers Thomas and Richard de Poynings under the provisions of the will of Michael de Poynings, who died in 1369. It is considered one of the finest medieval village churches in Sussex.
Local climate
The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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