Church of St Maurice is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1969. Church.

Church of St Maurice

WRENN ID
tangled-finial-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 December 1969
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Maurice, Ellingham
OS grid reference
NU 175 256
Coordinates
55.5243, -1.72342
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Maurice is a parish church built in 1862 by Rev. J.F. Turner. It is constructed from snecked stone and features a graduated Lakeland slate roof. The church includes a nave with a south porch, transepts, a crossing tower, a chancel, and a north vestry, all designed in a geometric style. The nave has two bays and is adorned with three-light windows, while the large five-light west window and the north and south windows of the transepts add to its grandeur. Notably, the south window of the south transept is a re-used lancet. The chancel, designed in a 13th-century style, has a two-bay layout with a cusped lancet 'low-side' window and an east window featuring three stepped lancets. The vestry is topped with two tall round chimneys in the 13th-century style, each with pyramidal caps. The tower has two one-light bell openings on each side, an embattled parapet, and a steeply-pitched pyramidal roof with a vane.

Inside, the church boasts interesting glasswork, particularly in the nave's south window, which depicts significant dates, including the Ark in 2248 B.C. and Ellingham Church in 1862. The interior also features elaborate brasswork, including oil lamps on brackets and a lectern with branching candelabra. The south transept contains wall monuments to the Haggerston family, notably one for Carnaby Haggerston from 1756, which is decorated with a garlanded urn and rococo details. In the north transept, there is a wall monument to Phillis, the wife of Edmund Craster, who died on December 20th, 1813, at the age of 23. The inscription reflects Edmund's deep sorrow and memorializes both Phillis and their daughter, who passed away shortly after birth.

Local climate

Church of St Maurice 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 lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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