Church of St Botolph is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1955. A C11-12 Church.
Church of St Botolph
- WRENN ID
- scarred-gallery-lichen
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1955
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Botolph, London Road, Coldwaltham, Horsham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 038 176
- Coordinates
- 50.94859, -0.52272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Botolph is located in Coldwaltham and dates from the 11th to 12th centuries, featuring a chancel, a nave with a shingled bell-turret at the east end, and a north porch. The porch and bell-turret were added in the 19th century. Inside, the church contains 12th-century wall paintings, which are the oldest in England. These paintings were whitewashed over within 100 years of being created and were not rediscovered until 1866.
Local climate
Church of St Botolph receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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