Racton Church is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1958. A {} Church.
Racton Church
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-wattle-woodpecker
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1958
- Type
- Church
- Period
- {}
- Address
- Racton Church, Stoughton, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 779 092
- Coordinates
- 50.87719, -0.8929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Racton Church is a Grade I listed building, possibly dedicated to St Peter. The church features a chancel and a nave, which has a western bell turret topped with a spire, both of which are covered in shingles. The nave dates back to the 12th century, while the chancel is from the 13th century and includes 15th-century windows. The timbered roof is exposed, as there is no ceiling. The nave has been refaced with roughcast, but overall, the church remains simple and has seen little restoration. Inside, there are three notable monuments.
Local climate
Racton Church receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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