Church of St Katherine is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. Church.
Church of St Katherine
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-alcove-honey
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1968
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Katherine, Selwood
- OS grid reference
- ST 789 441
- Coordinates
- 51.19618, -2.30217
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Katherine is a Grade II* listed building located in East Woodlands. The church features a classically influenced tower built around 1712, while the nave, chancel, north and south aisles, and south porch were added by J. L. Pearson in 1880, showcasing a blend of Geometrical and Decorated architectural styles. The structure is made of rubble with tile roofs, coped verges, and cruciform finials.
The west tower is constructed of ashlar and includes two orders of angle pilasters that end in pinnacles, a stringcourse, and a cornice. It has a tall stone spire with three light mullioned and transomed bell openings, and a four-light semi-circular headed west window featuring a transom and tracery at the top. The buttressed nave consists of two bays with paired windows set in pointed arch surrounds, and the two-bay chancel follows a similar style with a sill band and a three-light east window.
Inside, the church contains an 18th-century carved wooden pulpit, a 15th-century octagonal font with a Jacobean cover, and additional 19th-century features such as a reredos, sedilia, and wrought iron decoration on the chancel rail.
Local climate
Church of St Katherine receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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