Presbyterry to Roman Catholic Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Presbytery.
Presbyterry to Roman Catholic Church of St Mary
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Presbytery
- Address
- Presbyterry to Roman Catholic Church of St Mary, Wycliffe with Thorpe
- OS grid reference
- NZ 122 131
- Coordinates
- 54.51343, -1.81246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The presbytery to the Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary, originally a farmhouse, dates from the early 18th century and was refronted in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of squared stone with 19th-century ashlar dressings, while the rear wing features roughly-squared stone with cut dressings. The building has a 20th-century concrete tile roof, except for the stone slabs on the porch, and is laid out in a T-plan.
The south elevation is two storeys high and has three bays. It features a plinth, with the centre bay showcasing a steeply-gabled porch that has a pointed arch, flanking buttresses, and a finial cross, along with a single-light window above. To the left, there is a canted bay window with a moulded cornice and a 2-light window above it; to the right, there are two 2-light windows. All windows are plain sashes set in chamfered surrounds. The gables are coped on moulded kneelers, and there are stepped-and-corniced end stacks. To the left, a single-storey, one-bay link connects to the church, featuring paired lancet windows and a string course below an embattled parapet with pierced merlons, along with a single lancet window on the left return.
The west elevation of the rear wing displays four windows with false flat-arched lintels, including two 12-pane Yorkshire sashes, a 9-pane fixed casement, and a 4-pane sash, with the ground-floor Yorkshire sash positioned under a segmental head.
Inside, the front block is primarily mid-19th century, featuring a carved open-well closed-string stair. The rear wing includes 2- and 3-panel doors on H hinges and a stone stair with splat balusters.
Local climate
Presbyterry to Roman Catholic Church of St Mary receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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