Tower of Old Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1966. Church tower.

Tower of Old Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
idle-buttress-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1966
Type
Church tower
Address
Tower of Old Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Mirfield
OS grid reference
SE 211 203
Coordinates
53.67963, -1.68069
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tower of the Old Church of St Mary is a square church tower, with its lower part likely dating from the early Medieval period and the upper part appearing to be from the 15th or 16th century. The roof was added in the 19th century. The lower stage is constructed of random rubble, while the upper stage features deeply coursed stone. It has a pyramidal stone slate roof and consists of two stages. The lower stage includes buttresses, and the upper stage has paired arched lights, with the mullions appearing to be from the 19th century. The upper stage also features two-light windows with Perpendicular tracery. On the west side, which was formerly within the church, there is a now-blocked arched doorway.

Local climate

Tower of Old Church of St Mary receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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