Church of Saint Roch is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. A Medieval Church.
Church of Saint Roch
- WRENN ID
- western-hinge-equinox
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of Saint Roch, Closworth
- OS grid reference
- ST 521 103
- Coordinates
- 50.89103, -2.68191
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Roch is a Grade II* listed building located in Closworth, dating back to the 14th century with modifications from the 15th century. It is constructed from local stone rubble that is roughly coursed, with Ham stone dressings. The roof is covered with plain clay tiles, featuring coped gables and ornamental ridge tiles, along with a cross finial on the east gable.
The church consists of a single cell with a west tower and a small projecting chapel on the north side. It has a plinth, except for part of the north side, and an eaves course. The east window is a pointed late 15th-century design with traceries set in a deep recess, flanked by angled corner buttresses with offsets. The south side has three bays; the first and second bays contain two-light 14th-century windows without labels, with a trefoil arched blocked opening between them, while the third bay features a recessed late 15th-century traceried window. On the north side, there are two 14th-century two-light windows without labels, separated by a wide half-height buttress. The north chapel is simple in design, with a 15th-century three-light window.
The west tower is straightforward, built in two stages. It has a plain pointed arched doorway on the south side leading into the tower and church, and lancet windows with hoods on the north and west sides of the first stage, along with similar windows above on the north, west, and south sides. The tower is topped with a simple parapet and corner gargoyles.
Inside, the church features a boarded and ribbed barrel vault ceiling with two old crossbeams. There is a trefoil arched piscina and stoup in the south wall, and a notable monument in a cinquefoil recess in the north wall, resembling the north chapel of 1328 in St Mary, Limington. This monument includes an elaborate carved overmantle with supporting figures in the corners and a recumbent effigy of a cross-legged knight, believed to be Sir John de Domer, which is in unusually good condition.
Local climate
Church of Saint Roch receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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