Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1968. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- lesser-loggia-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1968
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Main Road, Bolton-Le-Sands, LA5 8DN
- OS grid reference
- SD 484 677
- Coordinates
- 54.10321, -2.7905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a Roman Catholic church built in 1880 by E. Simpson of Bradford. It is constructed from snecked sandstone rubble with sandstone dressings and features a slate roof. The building has a tall nave and chancel with a continuous ridge line, and low lean-to aisles that have a slightly higher pitched roof over the chancel aisles. The aisles and clearstorey are adorned with small lancet windows, while the west end showcases tall lancets, a hood, and a vesica. A porch is located under a slim south-west tower, which is heavily buttressed and square in shape, transitioning to a louvred octagon above topped with a pyramidal roof. The east window is a steeply-arched 5-light decorated design.
Inside, there is a 5-bay arcade supported by marble columns with heavy sculptural detail. The chancel arch features ringed shafts on heavily carved corbels, and the short 2-bay chancel includes a tall stone reredos and stencilled wall decoration. A timber gallery on marble columns is situated at the west end. The nave boasts an open timber roof with high collars, king posts, and arcaded ashlaring, along with some stained glass from the late 19th century.
Local climate
Church of St Mary sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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