Cocking Church is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. A Medieval Church.
Cocking Church
- WRENN ID
- broken-cupola-auburn
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1959
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Cocking Church, Church Lane, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 879 175
- Coordinates
- 50.95043, -0.74924
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cocking Church is a parish church dedicated to St Mary, with origins dating back to the 12th century, with later additions from the 14th century and a significant renovation in 1860. The building is constructed of rubble and flint, with some areas cemented, and features a tiled roof. It consists of a chancel with a vestry to the north, a nave with aisles, a south porch, and a west tower. The chancel and nave are from the 12th century, while the south aisle, which has a pentice roof, and the tower were added in the 14th century, although the tower is now faced with roughcast. The north aisle and vestry were added in 1860. Inside, there is a 13th-century wall painting on the splay of a Norman window in the nave, and the church features arcades supported by octagonal piers, as well as a tub font.
Local climate
Cocking Church receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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