Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 October 1957. Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- buried-plaster-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 October 1957
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Pingle Lane, Potters Marston
- OS grid reference
- SP 498 963
- Coordinates
- 52.56262, -1.26647
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a parish church that may date back to the 16th century. It was restored in 1908 and underwent further restoration with renewed windows in 1930. The church is built of random granite rubble with dressed stone quoins and has a Swithland slate roof. The nave and chancel are under a continuous roof and consist of two bays.
On the south side, there is a 19th-century plank door with stone jambs and a heavy lintel to the left, and to the east, a three-light mullioned window with a chamfered and rebated reveal. The north side features two two-light mullioned windows. The east end has a five-light mullioned casement, and all windows have leaded glazing. The remains of a coped east gable are also present.
Attached to the east end is a 19th-century cast iron railing and gate that encloses five slate headstones from the mid-18th century belonging to the Boothby family of Marston Hall. The interior is plastered and includes a mid-19th-century matchboard dado and a 16th-century kingpost roof with struts and double purlins.
Notable fittings include a wineglass-shaped memorial font with a lattice-patterned bowl inscribed 'J S 1918-1945', an altar table from 1945, an octagonal oak pulpit restored in 1950, and 19th-century wooden lectern, desk, and chairs. There is also a carved wooden gradine from 1911 and a small 20th-century oak chest. Memorials within the church include slate tablets from 1712, 1724, and 1737 dedicated to the Boothby family, as well as a brass altar cross from 1909.
Local climate
Church of St Mary receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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