Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
lone-clay-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary, Borwick Lane
OS grid reference
SD 529 734
Coordinates
54.15438, -2.72156
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Mary's Church is a parish church built between 1894 and 1896, designed by the architectural firm Paley, Austin & Paley of Lancaster for Mr. William Sharp of Linden Hall. The church is constructed from coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings and has plain tile roofs. It features a two-cell plan, a small vestry on the south side, and a gabled porch on the north side, all in the Gothic Revival style.

The north front includes a pointed arched doorway to the right, which is sheltered by a timber gabled porch. To the left, there are two three-light segmental arched windows with pointed lights and hood moulds. Further left, the chancel has a smaller single two-light segment arched window. The east end of the church showcases a broad three-light segment arched window with pointed lights and a hood mould.

On the south front, there are three pointed three-light segment arched windows, each with three pointed lights, serving the nave. To the right, a projecting vestry features quoins and a parapet, with a two-light flat-headed mullion window on each face. The chancel to the right has no windows.

Inside, the church boasts a moulded ashlar chancel arch with angels at the impost level, as well as high-quality, elaborate timber roofs. The interior includes a Perpendicular style reredos, timber pews, choir stalls, and an octagonal pulpit. Additionally, there is a brass lectern and a brass chandelier located in the chancel.

Local climate

Church of St Mary sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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