Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the North East Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1967. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
moated-glass-dawn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North East Derbyshire
Constituency
Bolsover MP: Natalie Fleet (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1967
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Mary, Hall Lane, Sutton Cum Duckmanton
OS grid reference
SK 442 688
Coordinates
53.21515, -1.33938
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building located on Hall Lane in the parish of Sutton cum Duckmanton. It dates from the early 14th century, with additions from the 15th and 17th centuries. The church is constructed of coursed sandstone with sandstone dressings and features slate and lead roofs. It includes a west tower, a nave with a north aisle and a south porch, and a chancel with a north aisle.

The west tower, built in the Perpendicular style, has two stages separated by a stringcourse beneath the bell openings. It is attached to the nave on the east side and has diagonal buttresses on the west. The tower features 2-light bell openings with hoodmoulds and panel tracery, as well as a stringcourse adorned with gargoyles and battlements topped with four small pinnacles.

On the south elevation, from left to right, there is a 2-light early 14th-century window with curvilinear tracery, above which is a 17th-century window with two semi-circular headed lights beneath a square head. The 14th-century porch has a double-chamfered arch with a hoodmould. To the right, there is a 3-light window with reticulated tracery. The chancel features battlements, pinnacles, and buttresses, along with a 3-light window with geometric tracery and a 2-light window with reticulated tracery. The north aisle windows, likely from the 17th century, consist of three and four round-headed lights beneath flat arches.

Inside, the church has a 14th-century north arcade with five bays, octagonal piers, and capitals, and double chamfered arches. There is a west gallery dating from 1738, which has raised and fielded panels. In the north aisle, there are three late 18th-century prayer boards. The interior also features a screen with five semi-circular cusped arches, 17th-century communion rails with turned balusters, and a panelled dado around the sanctuary and in the north aisle. Notable memorials include an incised slab for John Foljambe from 1499 and a wall tablet with a bust for Samuel Pierrepont from 1707.

Local climate

Church of St Mary receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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