Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade I listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1953. A Georgian Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- rough-entrance-moth
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1953
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Church of the Holy Cross, Church Walk, Daventry
- OS grid reference
- SP 575 625
- Coordinates
- 52.25833, -1.1589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of the Holy Cross, built between 1752 and 1758 by David Hiorne, is a Grade I listed building known for its impressive classical design. The church features a pedimented west end, a west tower, and a spire shaped like an obelisk. The ground floor is rusticated, and the structure is made of ashlar stone. Inside, the nave has galleried aisles and seven round arched windows, along with a modillioned cornice and a balustraded parapet. The interior includes Doric columns on pedestals, entablatures that support arches, and a ribbed vault. A Venetian window is located at the east end, and there is heraldic glass in the two upper west windows. The chancel contains several monuments, including 18th and 19th century grey and white marble wall monuments, a finely carved gallery monument from 1707, an 1800 gallery monument by Cox, and a monument by B Palmer from 1741. The west porch, which features a Doric order, was rebuilt in 1951.
Local climate
Church of the Holy Cross receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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