Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1955. A Medieval Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- crooked-cloister-pigeon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1955
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Ayston
- OS grid reference
- SK 859 009
- Coordinates
- 52.5997, -0.73244
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a parish church dating from the 15th century, with a west tower that dates from the 14th or 15th century. It features a coursed rubble stone structure with a tiled roof, comprising a nave, aisles, chancel, west tower, and south porch. The clerestory has three 2-light Perpendicular windows on both the north and south sides. The north aisle, which is from the 13th century, includes a 2-light window with label stops, alongside one lancet and one squared light. The south aisle, also from the 13th century, was widened around 1400 and features two 3-light Perpendicular windows. The east window of the south aisle contains 15th-century stained glass, while the south doorway, dating from the 15th century, has a squared label and is accompanied by a 17th-century door. The south porch was built around 1450. The chancel, from the 15th century, has north and south walls with 2 and 3-light Perpendicular windows, and the east window is a large 5-light Perpendicular window. The embattled tower has corner buttresses and a 2-light Perpendicular belfry window, while the west window features Decorated cusped Y tracery.
Inside, the nave arcade dates from the late 13th to early 14th century, with the north arcade having round-headed arches and the south arcade featuring pointed arches. Both arcades are supported by circular piers and have circular abaci with double chamfered arches. The chancel arches from the 15th century have castellated capitals, above which are painted royal arms. There is an aumbry cupboard in the north wall and a piscina recess opposite. The church also contains 18th-century box pews, an 18th-century single pedestal font, and a 14th-century monumental slab located at the west end of the north aisle.
Local climate
Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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