Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
spare-cobalt-reed
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
Constituency
Goole and Pocklington MP: David Davis (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1967
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Hook
OS grid reference
SE 759 255
Coordinates
53.72042, -0.85116
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building, dating from the 14th and 15th centuries, and heavily restored in the 19th century. It is constructed of ashlar and brick, with a plain tile roof. The church features a three-bay aisled nave, a north vestry, and a south porch, along with a two-bay chancel.

On the west front, there is a three-light pointed window with Perpendicular tracery, and above it, a two-light bellcote. The south side of the nave includes a 19th-century porch with a pointed doorway leading to the central bay. To the left, there is a single-light trefoil-cusped square-headed window, with a similar pair to the right and a small square-headed window at the extreme right. The north side of the nave has a vestry in the central bay, with trefoil-cusped square-headed windows throughout.

The chancel features a 19th-century boiler house and a three-light trefoiled square-headed window on the north side. The south side has a 19th-century organ chamber that projects forward and contains two small lancets flanked by pairs of narrow trefoil-cusped square-headed windows. The east end has a 19th-century three-light window with Perpendicular tracery.

Inside, there is a double chamfered arcade supported by octagonal columns. A notable monument in the chancel commemorates Elizabeth Godfrey, who died in 1766, featuring a marble plaque with a cherub's head below and a Greek key frieze above, supporting a damaged pediment. There is also a graveslab set into the nave floor for George Empson, who died in 1677, which has a richly carved border and fine lettering with the Empson arms below, as well as a plain slab for William Godfrey, who died in 1782.

Local climate

Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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