Parish Church of St Columba is a Grade I listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. A C12 Church.

Parish Church of St Columba

WRENN ID
drifting-lancet-spindle
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Type
Church
Address
Parish Church of St Columba, B6259, Warcop
OS grid reference
NY 742 157
Coordinates
54.53598, -2.39879
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Church of St Columba is a Grade I listed building that dates back to the 12th century, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed from sandstone blocks and features buttressing beneath graduated slate roofs. The church has a two-cell plan, with chapels located to the north and south, and a south porch. Notably, the interior includes panelled box pews in the nave, all numbered, which date from 1716; one pew, located in the north-west corner of the nave, has the initials C.W. inscribed at the top of the door to pew number 42.

Local climate

Parish Church of St Columba sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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