Church of St Mary (Roman Catholic) is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1976. Church.

Church of St Mary (Roman Catholic)

WRENN ID
rooted-rubble-ash
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1976
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary (Roman Catholic), Hencotes, Hexham
OS grid reference
NY 933 638
Coordinates
54.96934, -2.10485
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a Roman Catholic church built in 1830, designed in a Gothic style, and is attributed, though unconvincingly, to John Green. It is set back from the street with its west gable end facing the road. The church is constructed of ashlar stone and features three windows on the west side, separated by applied octagonal shafts. The shallow crenellated gable is topped with the Vatican arms, and the windows have decorative tracery.

There is a lower projecting porch that also has a crenellated gable, with angle buttresses and a central pointed doorway adorned with a crocketted ogee label. The main gable includes blind merlons. The nave consists of three bays made of rubble, with dividing buttresses. The east gable is crenellated and has a two-stage octagonal belfry above a polygonal shallow chancel, with a high east window located above the vestries.

Inside, the church retains its original furnishings, including an encrusted frieze with medallions featuring Catholic symbols and a segmental wooden ceiling with ribs. There is a gallery at the west end supported by three Tudor arches. The east end displays blind plaster tracery on the walls, with crocketted arches and pinnacles, and the altar features five gables with icing sugar tracery.

Local climate

Church of St Mary (Roman Catholic) receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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